M101 / NGC 5457 - Pinwheel Galaxy in RGB

M101 / NGC5457 or most commonly known as the Pinwheel Galaxy is a face on spiral galaxy in Ursa Major and has a distance of around 21 million light years from Earth.

 

The QHY183M picks up quite a lot of the Ha detail in this galaxy without me having to image separate Ha Filter data

 

 

 

Image Details:

101x150S in R

101x150S in G

101x150S in B

 

Total Capture time: 12.6 Hours

 

Acquisition Dates: Feb. 27, 2019, March 29, 2019, March 30, 2019, April 1, 2019, April 11, 2019, April 12, 2019, April 14, 2019

 

All frames had 101 Darks and Flats applied

 

Equipment Details:

Imaging Camera: Qhyccd 183M Mono ColdMOS Camera at -20C

Imaging Scope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 8" F4 Imaging Newtonian

Guide Camera: Qhyccd QHY5L-II

Guide Scope: Sky-Watcher Finder Scope

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro

Focuser: Primalucelab ROBO Focuser

FIlterwheel: Starlight Xpress Ltd 7x36mm EFW

Filters: Baader Planetarium RGB

Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro USB Ultimate Hub Pro

Acquisition Software: Main-Sequence Software Inc. Sequence Generator Pro

Processing Software: PixInsight 1.8.6

 

Done