Messier 101

This is an image of the Pinwheel Galaxy, Messier 101, at around 170,000 light years in diameter and an estimated one trillion stars it's a large galaxy. It's a face-on spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major and is estimated to be around 21 million light-years away from Earth.

 

Location: West Midlands, UK

 

Scope: Orion Optics CT10 @f/4.8

Camera: Atik 460EX, Baader LRGB filters

Mount: CEM60-EC, OAG guiding

 

Integration: L - 40 x 300s bin x1, RGB - 12 x 300s each bin x2

Acquisition: SGP

Processing: PI and Photoshop

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