Check out my latest image of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), captured from home under a beautifully clear sky.
Tag: Messier 101
My 2023 photo of the 21.000.000 LJ away Pinwheel Galaxy. Significantly sharper structures and rounder stars. These are the improvements of the new workflow.
Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, is a large face-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major about 21 million light-years from Earth, reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed in late April.
The Pinwheel Galaxy – One of the famous Galaxies for Spring evenings. I had to ignore moon to practise more in astrophotography.