M101

Pinwheel Galaxy

M101

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Ursa Major

Distance

27,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

August 19, 2006

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 6x5 (bin 1x1), R 3x5, G 3x5, B 3x8 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Celestron CGE

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB

Software

MaxIm DL, RegiStar, Photoshop