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I had a nice 2 days with fairly clear skies. Last night I worked on getting Luminance data for M101 but had a laot of atmosphere to shoot through so my sky glow was more than I cared for. So here is...
M101 the Pinwheel galaxy
Companion galaxy NGC 5474 (dwarf galaxy) lower right to m 101 and NGC 5422 upper left (galaxy)
Constellation: Ursa Major
~24 million light years distant
Taken May 25 and 26, 2012
Ocala, FL
PS CS5
Orion 80mm EON
Orion 80mm guide scope with SSAG
QSI 683ws with Astrodon Generation 2 LRGB filters
Luminance 4min subs x27
Red 6min x3 and 8min x3
Green 6min x3 and 8min x3
Blue 6min x3 and 8min x3
Losmany G-11 with Gemini II

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Comment by Clas Gripenberg on May 28, 2012 at 2:03am

Very nice Steve!

Comment by Russ Ruggles on May 27, 2012 at 2:12pm

Not bad Steve. That darn sky glow is the pits isn't it but it still turned out pretty good.

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