New Image: M101 "Pinwheel Galaxy"

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Post by BigKahuna » Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:40 am

I shot M101 last night. I have tried this a few times in the past but I think this is my favorite so far.

Explore Scientific ED102 and ZWO 533MC Pro. I used the UV/IR filter.

44x 3 minutes. Stacked in DSS. Processed in Pixinsight

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Camera : ZWO 533MC Pro, Canon EOS Rebel T6, ZWO ASI224MC

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Post by Graeme1858 » Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:09 am

Nice one Ron.

I see the supernova has faded!

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Post by MariusD69 » Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:26 am

Looks great! Well done, Ron!

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Post by BigKahuna » Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:23 pm

Thank you both very much.

Telescopes/Mounts : Explore Scientific ED102 or Celestron C6N on AVX, 8SE OTA on ASGT, NexStar 114GT/AZ, Meade ETX-90EC w/ Observer Base, Orion XT10i
Binoculars: Pentax 10x50
Camera : ZWO 533MC Pro, Canon EOS Rebel T6, ZWO ASI224MC

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Post by jthommes » Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:02 pm

Nice one Ron!

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Post by messier 111 » Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:43 pm

fine take , thx .

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