Daniel Pasternak 20 March 2016c

Pinwheel Galaxy

The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, first discovered by Pierre Méchain on March 27, 1781, and communicated to Charles

Distance to Earth: 20.87 million light years

Magnitude: 7.86

 

C-11/CGEM-DX Hyperstar F/2

Canon 450d full spectrum

30 sec subs ISO 800

Imaged under the almost Full Moon.

Stacked in DeepSkyStacker

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