Observation by John Hughes: Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy

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Mr John William Hughes

Observer

John Hughes

Observed

2020 Mar 23 - 20:33

Uploaded

2020 Apr 01 - 19:40

Objects

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

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 14^h02^m
Dec: +54°20'
Position angle: +88°46'

Field size

1°11' × 1°40'

Equipment

William Optics Z103
ZWO ASI1600mm Pro Cooled
SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro
Sesto Senso Auto Focuser
Chroma LRGB & Ha 3nm Filters

Exposure

Gain 139, Offset 21

Location

North Essex, UK

Target name

Messier 101

Title

Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy

About this image

My rendition of Messier 101 captured across the four nights of the 23rd, 24th, 25th & 26th March 2020.

This image has been captured using the ZWO ASI1600mm Pro camera using the following filters;

Red 61 x 120s binned 2x2

Green 77 x 120s binned 2x2

Blue 57 x 120s binned 2x2

Lum 33 x 180s & 55 x 300s binned 1x1

Ha 3nm 92 x 300s binned 1x1

Total integration time 20.4 hours.

This image has been captured using the software Sequence Generator Pro and processed entirely in PixInsight.

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John

Files associated with this observation

M101_HaLRGB_Border_Resample.jpg (1.9 MB)

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