Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  HD122865  ·  M 101  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
M101 on NEX5N, Andy Wray
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M101 on NEX5N

M101 on NEX5N, Andy Wray
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M101 on NEX5N

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M101 ... in my very early days of astrophotography.  No camera control except for an infrared intervalometer. Manual focus. Poor understanding of darks, flats and bias and only just a handful of each.  It's actually quite a difficult galaxy to capture with an un-modified mirrorless camera with no filters in a suburban area.

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M101 on NEX5N, Andy Wray