M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy located 21 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and was communicated that year to Charles Messier, who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries. (ref: Wikipedia)
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
SPA-2-CMOS
Camera
QHY 600M
Location
Oria, Spain
Date of observation
05/09/23
Filters
LRGB
Processing
Affinity Photo
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