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Initial cut of an Image of the Pinwheel Galaxy, M101 in the Constellation Ursa Major. Taken 5/10/21, 2:53 AM, at the iTelescope Observatory in Mayhill, New Mexico. Taken with a Planewave 510mm f/4.5 reflector telescope and a FLI ProLine PL11002M CCD camera. Image is from four 5 minute exposures, one each for LRGB filters. Processed with StarTools and Apple edit software.

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That's awesome, great capture 👍
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wow superb shot , thx
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Excellent detail Ed

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Updated image via PI and Apple Edit. Still learning PI...

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Tools: Raspberry PI4 with Stellarmate OS, Intel NUC Mini PC, Beelink MiniPCs.
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