British Astronomical Association

Supporting amateur astronomers since 1890


Gallery

Observers

Objects

Sky map

Histogram

FAQs

Search

Active filters

✖
Object: M101

Select library


Sort order


Filter by object

Object type

Object name


▶
▼
Filter by upload date
▶
2024 (17)
▶
2023 (65)
▶
2022 (4)
▶
2021 (14)
▶
2020 (11)
▶
2019 (9)
▶
2018 (11)
▶
2017 (3)
▶
▼
Filter by observation date
▶
2024 (14)
▶
2023 (67)
▶
2022 (5)
▶
2021 (13)
▶
2020 (12)
▶
2019 (9)
▶
2018 (11)
▶
2017 (3)

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

Showing images 1 – 40 of 134


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
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
Obs 2023 May 21 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2023 Jul 23 – 10:54 UTC

4 
0 
SN 2023IXF RVB Magnitu...
Mr Ian David Sharp
Obs 2023 Jun 29 – 13:52 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 29 – 14:00 UTC

5 
0 
M101 - March and May 2...
Steve Futcher
Obs 2023 May 28 – 07:23 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 21 – 20:42 UTC

4 
0 
SN2023ixf in M101
David Strange
Obs 2023 Jun 20 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 21 – 13:01 UTC

2 
0 
SN 2023 ixf
Padraig Houlahan
Obs 2023 Jun 16 – 06:06 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 17 – 20:09 UTC

2 
0 
Six observations of SN...
Paul G. Abel
Obs 2023 Jun 15 – 19:51 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 15 – 19:53 UTC

4 
0 
Spectrum of SN2023ixf ...
David Strange
Obs 2023 Jun 14 – 23:51 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 15 – 09:57 UTC

5 
0 
SN 2023ixf spectrum ev...
Robin Leadbeater
Obs 2023 May 27 – 22:11 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 14 – 14:48 UTC

8 
0 
SN2023ixf in M101 (NGC...
Ivan Walton
Obs 2023 Jun 11 – 22:39 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 12 – 15:59 UTC

3 
0 
M101 & SN2023ixf
Dr Paul Leyland
Obs 2023 May 26 – 22:57 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 08 – 14:43 UTC

8 
2 
M101 Pinwheel galaxy w...
Martina McGovern
Obs 2023 May 24 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 07 – 18:16 UTC

2 
0 
M101 Pinwheel galaxy w...
Martina McGovern
Obs 2023 May 24 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 07 – 18:10 UTC

6 
0 
M101 and SN2023ixf
Dean Ashton
Obs 2023 May 22 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 06 – 11:27 UTC

6 
0 
SN SN2023ixf in M101
Pat Devine
Obs 2023 May 25 – 00:46 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 01 – 20:50 UTC

6 
0 
SN2023ixf
David Strange
Obs 2023 May 31 – 23:50 UTC
Upload 2023 Jun 01 – 13:41 UTC

8 
0 
Yet Another M101
Grant Privett
Obs 2023 May 26 – 23:30 UTC
Upload 2023 May 30 – 20:26 UTC

2 
0 
Super Nova 2023ixf in ...
Mike Foylan
Obs 2023 May 22 – 23:29 UTC
Upload 2023 May 30 – 20:04 UTC

3 
0 
SN 2023ixf in M101 (20...
David Briggs
Obs 2023 May 24 – 18:17 UTC
Upload 2023 May 30 – 18:21 UTC
Page 1 2 3 4
Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

© British Astronomical Association 2024

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.

The BAA image gallery was designed and
built by Dominic Ford.

Image gallery software © Dominic Ford 2020–2024