Sunday, May 3, 2020

Wide Field Galaxy(s) Messier 101 (Pinwheel Galaxy) iTelescope T20 New Mexico

M101, The Pinwheel Galaxy, in the constellation of Ursa Major and isn't visible in southern hemisphere skies.It  is almost 21 million light years distant, 85000 light years wide and with around  1 trillion stars.

If you zoom into the surrounding space you will see a number of more distant and fainter galaxies.

T20 is a 106mm aperture refracting telescope.  Image consistes of 6 X 5 minute exposures (Filters used- 3 Luminance and  1 each Red, Green and Blue) combined and processed with Nebulosity and Photoshop (with Astropanel).

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