M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

[Rattler]

Easily my best image to date. 

Messier 101 (M101 or NGC5457) Pinwheel Galaxy
19/05/18, Dunsop Bridge

Type- Face-on Spiral Galaxy
Location- Ursa Major
Distance- 21 Million Light years
Size- 170,000 Light years

Scope- Explore Scientific ED80 APO Triplet
Mount- SW NEQ6 Pro Synscan
Camera- Canon 600d (modified)
Guide Scope- Altair Astro 50mm
Guide Camera- Altair Astro GPCAM2 290 mono

6 x 10 minute lights
7x 10 minute darks

[impactcrater]

lovely

[iansmith]

Very good.

Cheers, Ian

[Rattler]

Cheers guys. I'm really pleased with it. I'll add more data at some point.

[tooth_dr]

Wonderful Rattler! Looks great with the background of stars. 

[Rattler]

Cheers bud.

[Rattler]

@angryowl easily my best so far.

[MikeODay]

Very nice, well done.

[angryowl]

On 26/05/2018 at 11:04, Rattler said:

@angryowl easily my best so far.

Cracking image mate! Congrats, well done!

[MarsG76]

Fantastic image.... 

[RobertI]

You must have been chuffed with that one, really nice. Love the scale of the image, with the small galaxy hanging in the star field. 

[Rattler]

Thanks guys. Yeah I'm really happy with this one.