AAPOD2 Image Archives
Messier 101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy
Image Description and Details :
A spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away in Ursa Major. It is evaluated containing a trillion of stars and it is estimated twice the size of our own galaxy. The image is taken with a SCT C8 and SX694 mono camera in RGB (4 hours per filter). Processed by Pixinsight.
Copyright: Copyright: David James