Type |
Location |
r.a. |
dec. |
Size |
Magnitude |
Distance |
Galaxy |
Ursa Major |
14h03.2 |
54°21' |
27' x 26' |
7.7 |
21 Mly |
The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC
5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years away in the
constellation Ursa Major.

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Date |
Telescope |
Binning |
Exp Time (s) |
Special processing |
Notes |
June 16, 2002 |
Centurion
18" |
L 1:1
RGB 3:1 |
L 4x300
R,G,B 300 |
LRGB, Max Entropy, DDP |
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June 3, 2023 |
Centurion
18" |
L 1:1
RGB 3:1 |
L 3x300
R, G, B 300 |
LRGB, Max Entropy, DDP |
Imaged during full moon... |
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