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Photography

moonshinegnomie

(3,969 posts) Thu Feb 26, 2026, 02:59 PM 5 hrs ago

M101 the pinwheel galaxy

this is the pinwheel galaxy,a galaxy about 3x the size of the milky way containing about 1 trillion stars. the galaxy is about 22 million light years away

15 hours of exposure time over 2 nights

[URL=https://astrob.in/9ix288/0/][IMG]?insecure[/IMG][/URL]

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M101 the pinwheel galaxy (Original Post) moonshinegnomie 5 hrs ago OP

Thank you for this wonderful exposure! ...n/t CaliforniaPeggy 5 hrs ago #1

Awesome. LoisB 4 hrs ago #2

moon! I'm sure someone sometime has asked HAB911 47 min ago #3

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,480 posts)

1. Thank you for this wonderful exposure! ...n/t

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:13 PM

5 hrs ago

LoisB

(12,709 posts)

2. Awesome.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:28 PM

4 hrs ago

HAB911

(10,394 posts)

3. moon! I'm sure someone sometime has asked

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 07:27 PM

47 min ago

for details on how you do this? What equipment and planning that it takes, and how did you get into astrophotography etc? Maybe there is a previous post you are aware of so you don't re-invent the wheel? I see you on FB too and your photos are really amazing.

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