Wallpaper author:
Charles Graham Taylor
23 Apr 2024
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy located 21 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and was communicated that year to Charles Messier, who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries. (ref: Wikipedia)
Dataset from which the image was processed
M101
13 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Galaxy
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 210.8024 Dec 54.3488
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................25 Mar 2023 - 12 Sept 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 155 | 5h2m | 117 |
| Red | 107 | 3h28m | 117 |
| Green | 112 | 3h38m | 117 |
| Blue | 107 | 3h26m | 116 |