Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5477
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Jordan Lawrence
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Jordan Lawrence
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

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Work in progress. Planning to get 2 more hours worth along with some Ha data.

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  • M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Jordan Lawrence
    Original
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  • M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Jordan Lawrence
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  • M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Jordan Lawrence
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  • M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Jordan Lawrence
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  • Final
    M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Jordan Lawrence
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B

Description: Added about another hour of subs and reprocessed. Still in progress.

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C

Description: Reprocessed with more Luminance and adjusted color balance. Rotated view.

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D

Description: Reprocessed trying some features in PixInsight for noise reduction. Still not completely happy :/

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E

Description: Backed off the levels and noise reduction a little for a more natural look.

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F

Description: Tried Deconvolution in PixInsight and stretched a little less this time to reduce the blotchy background noise.

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G

Description: Alright, I think this is my final image. This has just been a lot of tinkering back and forth with PixInsight and APP. I think this is about as good as I can get without having flats or more integration time.

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Jordan Lawrence