// 25 July 2026
M101 — 12.6 Hours on the Pinwheel Galaxy
12.6 hours on M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, from the backyard.
The Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101) in Ursa Major, shot over seven nights from my backyard — 12.6 hours of L R G B + H-alpha with an 8-inch Skywatcher 200/1000 PDS and a Touptek ATR533M mono camera, processed in Siril.
Full image and acquisition details in the M101 album.
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