Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5422  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5474  ·  NGC 5477  ·  NGC 5484  ·  NGC 5485  ·  NGC 5486  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Brian Hayward
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Brian Hayward
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

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Description

The Pinwheel Galaxy - what a fabulous target!

Taken on 6/6/2022.
  • 58x300s Lights @ ISO 1600
  • 50 flats - using a LED light sketch pad
  • 27 darks
  • 30 dark flats

Equipment
  • Canon t3i DSLR
  • SW Esprit 100 Telescope
  • SW EQ6-R Pro mount
  • SVBony 60mm guide scope
  • SVBony SV305 as a guide camera

Acquisition Software
  • Astroberry / EKOS / Raspberry Pi 4

Image Processing Software
  • Siril stacking (dark flats in biases folder)
  • Siril post-processing
    • Background extraction
    • Green noise reduction
    • Color Calibration
    • Asinh stretching
    • Histogram stretching
    • Color saturation

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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Brian Hayward