Site and content copyright Robert Allevo 2002-2008
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M101 |
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PINWHEEL GALAXY in URSA MAJOR
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Technical Details |
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| Optics | 12" f/10 Meade LX200 |
| Mount | Meade |
| Camera | SBIG ST-8XE, CFW8 |
| Filters | SBIG Standard LRGB. |
| Date | June 7, 2002 |
| Location | my backyard observatory in East Hartland, CT. |
| Exposure | LRGB = 20:10:10:15 minutes. |
| M101 is about 24 million light-years distant and it's diameter is about 170,000 light-years. |
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