A barred spiral galaxy about 15 million light-years away in Hydra, on the border with Centaurus. The nickname derives from its resemblance to the Northern Pinwheel Galaxy, M101.
William Optics FLT-132 refractor, Astro-Physics 1200GTO mount, ZWO ASI1600mm CMOS camera, Mini-Borg 50 guide scope, Starlight Express Ultrastar guide camera
Settings:
15 exposures @180 seconds each in Luminance; 12 exposures @300 seconds each in Red, Green, and Blue, all bin 1x1
Notes:
Software: Capture, Sequence Generator Pro; guiding, PHD2; Calibration and stacking, PixInsight 1.8.9; Final processing - PixInsight 1.8.9 and Photoshop CC
Filesize:
1315 KiB
Date added:
Aug 01, 2022
Dimensions:
1952 x 1540 pixels
Displayed:
231 times
Color Space:
Uncalibrated
EXIF Offset:
404
EXIF Version:
version 2.31
Image Description:
A barred spiral galaxy about 15 million light-years away in Hydra, on the border with Centaurus. The nickname derives from its resemblance to the Northern Pinwheel Galaxy, M101.