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Observations of M101

Other names The Pinwheel Galaxy
NGC 5457
Arp 26
UGC 8981
PGC 50063

Object type Galaxy

RA 14h03m

Declination 54°20' N

Constellation Ursa Major

Further information

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6 
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M101
Peter Hannah
Obs 2025 Sep 12
Upload 2025 Sep 18 – 11:15 UTC

2 
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Messier M101 Pinwheel...
Ivan Walton
Obs 2025 Jun 10 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Jul 07 – 11:51 UTC

4 
0 
M101
Charles Graham Taylor
Obs 2025 Mar 01 – 22:14 UTC
Upload 2025 Jun 24 – 15:19 UTC

9 
0 
M101 - The Pinwheel Ga...
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2025 May 08
Upload 2025 Jun 06 – 09:01 UTC

5 
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Galaxy M101
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2025 May 11
Upload 2025 May 11 – 15:00 UTC

2 
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M101 & NGC 5474
Martin Reeve
Obs 2025 Apr 30
Upload 2025 May 11 – 12:25 UTC

3 
1 
M101
Matthew Terrell
Obs 2025 Mar 18 – 01:00 UTC
Upload 2025 May 04 – 16:39 UTC

4 
0 
M101
Oliver Hext
Obs 2025 May 02 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2025 May 04 – 08:03 UTC

5 
0 
Pinwheel
Kenneth Medcalf
Obs 2025 Apr 30 – 20:55 UTC
Upload 2025 May 02 – 19:35 UTC

2 
1 
M101 The Pinwheel Gala...
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2025 Apr 17 – 00:30 UTC
Upload 2025 Apr 17 – 18:08 UTC

2 
0 
Galaxy M101
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2025 Mar 18 – 23:57 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 19 – 21:39 UTC

2 
0 
NGC5457 M101 Pinwheel ...
Nicholas Freeman
Obs 2023 Jun 19 – 20:33 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 16 – 18:35 UTC

4 
0 
Pinwheel Galaxy
Royston Morgan
Obs 2025 Mar 02 – 22:06 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 11 – 12:21 UTC

3 
0 
The Pinwheel Galaxy
Jonathon Elliott
Obs 2025 Mar 05 – 14:33 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 05 – 14:39 UTC

2 
0 
Messier 101
Ian Papworth
Obs 2025 Mar 05 – 10:22 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 05 – 10:24 UTC

4 
1 
M101
Charles Graham Taylor
Obs 2025 Mar 01 – 21:38 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 02 – 13:10 UTC

12 
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M101
Paul Whitmarsh
Obs 2024 Dec 20 – 01:25 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 14 – 23:40 UTC

1 
0 
Pinwheel Galaxy M101
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2023 May 24 – 00:14 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 09 – 18:02 UTC

1 
1 
M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy
Charles Graham Taylor
Obs 2024 Jul 27 – 15:45 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 27 – 15:47 UTC

4 
3 
M101
Charles Graham Taylor
Obs 2023 Aug 17 – 23:02 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 14 – 14:04 UTC

2 
0 
M101 - The Pinwheel Ga...
Callum Wingrove
Obs 2024 Jun 09 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Jun 12 – 15:51 UTC

3 
0 
M101 The Pinwheel gala...
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2024 May 27 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2024 May 30 – 18:26 UTC

1 
2 
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
Charles Graham Taylor
Obs 2024 May 04 – 11:06 UTC
Upload 2024 May 29 – 19:19 UTC

5 
1 
Happy Birthday SN 2023...
Robin Leadbeater
Obs 2024 May 18 – 23:37 UTC
Upload 2024 May 20 – 00:27 UTC

6 
0 
M101 cropped LRGB-H-al...
Mike Greenhill-Hooper
Obs 2024 May 09 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2024 May 13 – 15:30 UTC

2 
0 
M101 in luminance
Mike Greenhill-Hooper
Obs 2024 May 09 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2024 May 13 – 15:24 UTC

5 
0 
SN2023ixf in M101
Gary Eason
Obs 2024 Apr 22 – 01:17 UTC
Upload 2024 Apr 26 – 14:28 UTC

4 
0 
Pinwheel Ha & RGB ...
Dean Ashton OBE
Obs 2024 Apr 21 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Apr 26 – 12:23 UTC

4 
0 
M101 RGB
Simon Paul Davis
Obs 2024 Apr 16 – 21:30 UTC
Upload 2024 Apr 23 – 15:26 UTC

6 
3 
Pinwheel Galaxy
Gary Eason
Obs 2024 Apr 22 – 01:17 UTC
Upload 2024 Apr 23 – 14:21 UTC

2 
0 
M101
Charles Graham Taylor
Obs 2024 Apr 22 – 17:47 UTC
Upload 2024 Apr 22 – 17:50 UTC

5 
1 
M101 (NGC5457)
Les Dickens
Obs 2024 Apr 10 – 02:35 UTC
Upload 2024 Apr 22 – 16:10 UTC

3 
0 
M101 Whirlpool Galaxy
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2024 Apr 07 – 23:30 UTC
Upload 2024 Apr 09 – 08:07 UTC

7 
0 
SN 2023ixf spectrum ev...
Robin Leadbeater
Obs 2023 Sep 25 – 19:47 UTC
Upload 2024 Feb 15 – 14:39 UTC

1 
0 
M101 with supernova 20...
Lars Lindhard
Obs 2023 Oct 16 – 20:30 UTC
Upload 2023 Oct 21 – 14:35 UTC

3 
0 
SN 2023ixf spectrum ev...
Robin Leadbeater
Obs 2023 Jul 20 – 01:26 UTC
Upload 2023 Sep 27 – 22:00 UTC

3 
0 
M101
Adam Rawlinson
Obs 2023 May 15 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Aug 11 – 21:58 UTC

2 
0 
M101 with Supernova SN...
Alan Thomas
Obs 2023 Aug 02 – 21:20 UTC
Upload 2023 Aug 04 – 09:33 UTC

7 
0 
SN 2023ixf spectrum ev...
Robin Leadbeater
Obs 2023 Jun 13 – 22:40 UTC
Upload 2023 Jul 23 – 17:26 UTC

6 
1 
Globular Clusters arou...
Dean Ashton OBE
Obs 2023 May 21 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2023 Jul 23 – 10:54 UTC
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