Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471
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M 101 Pinwheel Galaxy LRGB (with 2023 ixf), Eric Smith
M 101 Pinwheel Galaxy LRGB (with 2023 ixf)
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M 101 Pinwheel Galaxy LRGB (with 2023 ixf)

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M 101 Pinwheel Galaxy LRGB (with 2023 ixf), Eric Smith
M 101 Pinwheel Galaxy LRGB (with 2023 ixf)
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M 101 Pinwheel Galaxy LRGB (with 2023 ixf)

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Many posts of this galaxy have now been seen following the discovery of the Supernova 2023 ixf in the NGC 5461 region.
This is a combination of three nights imaging with two night pre Supernova and one night with the Supernova.

The weather in Southern Spain has been horrible for weeks and weeks with storms, rain and cloud.  In these images I managed to capture a few hours in-between the clouds but could not do much about the high humidity.  Mostly 100% relative humidity for all three sessions.

Not much to add but I am pleased with the result considering the poor seeing conditions.
Thanks for looking!

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M 101 Pinwheel Galaxy LRGB (with 2023 ixf), Eric Smith