M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy

in the Ursa Major constellation

M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy

Instruments

Telescope, lens:

  • GPU 80/525 APO
  • Televue TRF-2008 Flattener

Mount, tracking:

  • SkyWatcher HEQ5 Syntrek
  • Lacerta M-Gen autoguider on a 8x50 finderscope

Camera, filter(s):

  • Canon EOS 350D (modified)

Exposure:

Integration details:

  • 40x600s, ISO800

Location, date:

  • Veszprémvarsány, Hungary
  • 2010. March 20.
  • 2010. April 17.

Weather conditions:

  • Temperature: 5°C
  • Transparency: 6/10
  • Seeing: 6/10

Where to find

Sky chart:

Sky chart:

Main objects:

Main objects:

Field of view data:

  • Orientation: 90.02°
  • Scale: 5.61"/pixel
  • Centre RA: 14h 3m 44.47s
  • Centre DEC: 54° 0' 13.00"
  • FOV width: 2° 59' 31.42"
  • FOV height: 1° 59' 23.41"
András Papp