M101 on 2024-03-28 & 2024-04-02 THE PINWHEEL GALAXY
This photo was taken in Kyle, Texas, under Bortle 5.9 skies, through a 6-inch f/4 Telescope, on a Sky-Watcher EQ6-R mount, with a ZWO ASI533MC PRO color camera. The processing was done with PixInsight. The total image acquisition time is: 09 hrs 12 min 00 sec. The processing was done with PixInsight. Full Size View Full size files are very large and can take a minute to download. After downloading the full-size picture to zoom in or out on a computer hold down the Ctrl key and use the scroll mouse button, or you can press the + or - key.
The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or
NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy located 21 million light-years from Earth
in the constellation Ursa Major. M101 is a large galaxy, with a diameter of
170,000 light-years. By comparison, the Milky Way (Our Galaxy) has a diameter of
87,400 light-years. It is estimated that M101 has about 150 globular clusters,
the same number as the Milky Way's globular clusters.
Previous, Older Photo:
M101 on 2008-04-05
