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Pinwheel Galaxy
M101
Object
Type Spiral Galaxy
Constellation Ursa Major
Distance 27,000,000 ly
More Info
Image
Date 07 May 2005 (Spring)
Place Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA
Exposure Data L 75 mins @ -20C
Lum 5x15 (bin 1x1)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT
Focal Length 1764mm @f/6.3
Mount Celestron CGE
Camera SBIG ST-2000XM
Focuser Optec TCF-S
Filters CFW8A, Astrodon LRGB
Software CCDSoft 5, Photoshop cs