M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy
This is an image of M101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. It is a face-on spiral galaxy about 21 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It is about 170000 light in diameter with over a trillion stars, making it about twice the size of the Milky Way.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
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Telescope
Officina Stellare ProRC 700
Camera
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Location
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Location
Oria, Almería, Spain
Date of observation
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Date of observation
06 July 2021
Filters
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Filters
Astrodon RGB 2GEN
Processing
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Processing
Pixinsight and Photoshop
