Scope: Deep Sky Instruments- RC10c
Camera: Q453-
Exposure: 30 x 600 sec (5.0 hrs)
Mount: AP900 goto
Catalogued as M101, the Pinwheel is a nice face-on spiral galaxy. It lies in the northern constellation Ursa Major (The Big Bear), at a distance of 25 million light-years from Earth. It is approximately 170 millon light years arcoss and one of the largest visible galaxies in the sky.
M 101 Pinwheel Galaxy