M101

Pinwheel Galaxy

M101

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Ursa Major

Distance

27,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

May 3, 2008

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 8x15 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Vixen VC200L Corrected Reflector

Focal Length

1280mm @f/6.4

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon L

Software

CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop