Across 5 sessions during an unusually long stretch of good weather, the new cooled system (UHC filter plus first light of the ultra-narrowband H-alpha filter) produced my deepest and highest-quality image of Messier 101 to date.
Tag: NGC 5457
On the edge of the final adjustments to my camera, this image was created.
Check out my latest image of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), captured from home under a beautifully clear sky.
The Pinwheel Galaxy is an interacting spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, located about 21.9 million light-years away, and reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed late April.
The Pinwheel Galaxy – One of the famous Galaxies for Spring evenings. I had to ignore moon to practise more in astrophotography.