M101

Pinwheel Galaxy

Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Ursa Major

Distance

27,000,000 ly

Date

December 29, 2008

Location

Eastern Riverside County Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 12x10, Ha 6x10 (bin 1x1), R 6x10, G 6x10, B 6x10 (bin 2x2)

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

960mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Starlight Feather Touch Micro Focuser

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB

Software

CCD Commander, Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop