| M101. The Pinwheel Galaxy |
| Spiral galaxy in Ursa Major |
| The
Pinwheel galaxy is one of the most prominent spiral galaxies in the
sky. It has a strong unsimmetry with its core out of the disc center. Distance to earth: 27,000,000 light years Visual Magnitude: 7.9 More information: Messier index. M101 |
| Date and location | April-may 2019. Caraquiz, Guadalajara. |
| Telescope | GSO RC12 Truss, f=2450mm, on ASA DDM85 mount. No autoguide |
| Camera | Moravian G3 16200. Filtros Hutech IDAS LPS, RGB Baader. |
| Image
processing |
L: 450x300s; R: 175x300; G:
160x300s; B: 160x300 Calibration, stacking and initial processing with PixInsight (A. Pérez) Final processing with Photoshop (M.A. García Borrella). |
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| Date and location | 1,2-may-2008. Caraquiz, Guadalajara. |
| Telescope | 8" Meade LX200R,
f=2000mm on Titan mount. Autoguide with
Miniborg50, Luna0.4 and guidemaster. |
| Camera | Artemis 11002. Hutech IDAS
LPS and RGB Astronomik filters |
| Image
processing |
L: 18x900s bin 1x1; RGB: 5x300 bin2x2. stacked with MaximDL. Process with PixInsight standard. |
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| Date and location | 17, 24-mar-2007. Caraquiz, Guadalajara. |
| Telescope | 8" Meade LX200R,
f=2000mm on Titan mount. Autoguide with Megrez
II 80ED,
Toucam SC3 and guidemaster. |
| Camera | Artemis 285. Focal
reducer 0.7 |
| Image
processing |
L: 9x900s bin 1x1; RGB: 5x240s + 5x300s bin2x2. stacked with MaximDL. Process with PixInsight standard. |
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| Date and location | 22-jul-2006. Caraquiz, Guadalajara. |
| Telescope | 8" Meade LX200R,
f=2000mm. Autoguide with Megrez II 80ED,
Toucam SC3 and guidemaster. |
| Camera | Artemis 285. Focal
reducer 0.7 |
| image
processing |
L: 9x900s bin 1x1; RGB: 4x240s bin2x2. stacked with CADET. Process and LRGB with PixInsight standard. |
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| Date and
location |
11-jun-2005. Caraquiz,
Guadalajara, Spain |
| Telescopio | 8" Meade LX200GPS, f=2000mm. Equatorial. |
| Cámara | Artemis 285. Focal
reducer 0,7. Autoguide with Toucam and guidedog |
| Image
processing |
7 images of 300s stacked
and with CADET. Final process with
PixInsight and Adobe Photoshop. |
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