Widefield View of M101

 

     M101 is beautiful in the relief of a wider starfield and has some faint and just viewable neighbor galaxies including NGC5474 off to the left, NGC5473 to the upper right and, if your screen brightness is high enough, you can just make out the tiny galaxy NGC5477 directly above.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Optics Camera Film Exposure Mount/Guiding Scanning Processing Location Date
TEC140 APO @ f7 Nikon F Provia 400F (+1 push) 30 min G11 with ST4 on TV85 Minolta Scan Dual II Levels/Curves in PS; Noise reduction in NeatImage Joshua Tree, CA 4/14/05

Comments: Average to poor seeing.  This high clouds.  Had some guiding hiccups.