Observation by Graham Winstanley: M101 widefield

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Graham Winstanley

Observer

Graham Winstanley

Observed

2018 May 19 - 22:11

Uploaded

2018 Jun 29 - 17:47

Objects

The Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
The Coma Pinwheel Galaxy (M99)
M101

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 14^h01^m
Dec: +54°31'
Position angle: -89°30'

Field size

6°10' × 4°06'

Equipment

Canon 1100D
Pentax Super Takumar 200mm lens
EQ6

Exposure

19 x 150s at f4; ISO400

Location

Bassingham, Lincolnshire

Target name

M101 Pinwheel galaxy

Title

M101 widefield

About this image

M101 in UMA at about 21 Mly has a collection of companions but the only one seen here is NGC5474. The core of NGC5474 is clearly off-center, even in widefield, due to the influence of M101.

Processed in Pixisight.

Files associated with this observation

M101_200mm.jpg (862.2 kB)

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