M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy

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A beautiful spiral galaxy that is quite photogenic.
Telescope:   Stellina
Length:   400mm
Aperture:   80mm
F-stop:   f/5.0
Sessions:   4
Captured:   2021-04-04 to 2021-06-21
Lights:   719
Exposure:   10
Total exposure:   1 h
Ra:   14h 3m 16.0s
Dec:   +54° 21' 37.542
Size:   59.018 x 39.27 arcmin
Radius:   0.591 deg
Scale:   0.619 arcsec/pixel
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A year of images to contribute to a detailed photo of the Pinwheel.
This shot of the popular M101 Pinwheel Galaxy was taken at 336mm to produce a wide field that reveals myriad neighboring galaxies.
A few weeks ago, supernova SN 2023ixf was discovered. A massive star ran out of fuel and violently collapsed, causing a brilliant explosion that can be clearly seen 21 million light years away. It is the closet supernova to earth in the past 5 years and 2nd discovered in the area in the past 15 years. Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy, with supernova visible top middle.

Objects in frame:

NGC5457 M101 NGC5477 NGC5461 NGC5471
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