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27.2.2023 at 00.13 - 01.30 - Janakkala, Tervakoski
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Petri Kuossari, Riihimäen tähtit. yhdistys
In the glow of the aurora borealis, I tried to photograph objects in the deep sky, here the Windmill Gala of the Big Dipper constellation.
M13 M101
30.7.2022 at 00.46 - 01.37 - Turku
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Santeri Peltola
The DS season opened this summer. It was tested last night to see if all the programs and cameras still work or if you need to reinstall the programs and it worked fine. I took 5 test photos of both M13 and M101 targets with 300s exposure time. Pictures taken from my own balcony in the middle of light pollution.
Images: 3 pcs
M101
2.3.2022 at 22.37 - 02.30 - Helsinki
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Tero Hiekkalinna, Ursa (Helsinki)
The windmill galaxy, or Messier 101, is located in the constellation of the Big Bear about 21 million light-years from Earth. It is estimated to have about 1,000 billion stars. Exposure for 7 hours and 55 minutes
M101
21.3.2022 at 23.00 - 23.30 - Janakkala
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Petri Kuossari, Riihimäen tähtit. yhdistys
The last destination of the evening was the windmill gala M101
Images: 2 pcs
M101
22.2.2022 at 23.00 - 23.59 - Lohja
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Janne Salomeri, Ursa (Helsinki)
I was taking a picture on the ice of a lake. It was calm and dark. The stars looked great. M101 The distance of the windmill galaxy to Earth is so great that when the photons stored in this photograph had set off, there were no people on planet Earth yet. When you look at the stars, you wonder how small the earth is. All known living is with this same little blue ball. This common boat flies silently across space. Hopefully people would learn to row the oars of this frail boat together through the darkness of space.
Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs
M101
5.3.2022 at 00.00 - 00.00 - Säkylä, Köyliö
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Otto Tuovinen
I described the M101 galaxy in the bright times of the next few weeks. The exposure to the image was about 24 hours, photographed as a combination of LRGBHa that makes the hydrogen regions of the galaxy slightly highlighted.
M101
5.9.2021 at 00.30 - 02.30 - Järvenpää
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Eemil Pietilä, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)
It was intended to photograph the Swirl Galaxy, but the pictures turned into the Windmill Galaxy. The filming trip can therefore be considered a successful failure. About 2 hours of exposure has been collected for this.
M101
9.12.2020 at 01.07 - Orimattila, Artjärvi, Tähtikallio
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Toni Veikkolainen, Keski-Uudenmaan Altair
The windmill galaxy M101 is one of the most observed galaxies in the northern sky, and is not swampy. In addition to NGC 6946, which I filmed at the Club Seminar in the fall, and NGC 2403, which was in my program the night before, the threaded branches in M101 also swarm with easily distinguishable areas of ionized hydrogen. Some of them also have their own NGC designs. The picture shows e.g. NGC 5447, NGC 5450, NGC 5461 and NGC 5462. Near the upper right corner is the miraculously turquoise star formation region NGC 5471, which is also physically connected to M101.
M101
23.11.2020 at 00.00 - Järvenpää
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Toni Veikkolainen, Keski-Uudenmaan Altair
The windmill galaxy under the dark sky would be very descriptive. It is easier to get an image even in Järvenpää with short exposures than to see clearly in the eyepiece, especially if the spiral branches also want to be detected. The equipment was ready but my main subject, the ATLAS comet, was still behind the clouds.
M101
25.4.2020 at 02.52 - 03.12 - Orimattila, Artjärvi, Tähtikallio
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Toni Veikkolainen, Christos Oscar Kambiselis, Keski-Uudenmaan Altair
The windmill galaxy is brighter but otherwise very similar to the Giraffe constellation IC342 described just over a couple of months earlier . The asteroid (333555) 2005 VY17 was also found in the image area.
M101
13.3.2020 at 21.32 - Oulu
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Jaakko Asikainen, Oulun Arktos
I filmed a trip from the Windmill Galaxy two nights. 63 5-minute lights on the first night were not enough, but the total of 103 after the second night produced such a picture. The second image shows how the galaxy itself has 8 NGC-listed nebulae and next to it on the right are 2 NGC-listed galaxies. 7 PGC galaxies appear dimmer. "M101 has a rather large galaxy compared to the Milky Way , it is about 170 000 light-years thus about 2 times the Milky Way-sized in diameter and Instead M101:.. The exact mass is not known, according to some estimates, it is about 16 billion times the sun . Mass Thi...
Images: 2 pcs
M101
24.2.2020 at 21.21 - 05.10 - Helsinki
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Tero Hiekkalinna, Ursa (Helsinki)
I photographed the Windmill Galaxy on two evenings in February (6.2 and 24.2) and the light accumulated for a total of 8 hours and 50 minutes.
Images: 2 pcs
M101
19.3.2019 at 23.07 - 23.52 - Mänttä-Vilppula
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Jukka Laakso
Last spring's Windmill Gala was a bit small when photographed with a Scopos lens tube. The image was bordered by a few smaller galaxies.
M101
14.9.2019 at 00.10 - 00.18 - Orimattila, Artjärvi, Tähtikallio
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Kari Laihia, Olli-Pekka Joronen, Christos Oscar Kambiselis, Hannu Määttänen, Porin Karhunvartijat
M101, NGC 5457 The cartwheel galaxy was described as the first night of the September 2019 work. The galaxy was discovered by French astronomer / surveyor Pierre Méchain on March 27, 1781, source Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinwheel_Galaxy . Méchain reported his discovery to his friend Charles Messier who added it to his list. Pierre Méchain has discovered a total of eight comets and in association with others 3 lisää. Syväntaivaan items he found yet Amateur Eventually, a total of 25, the source Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Méchain . The most important work for wh...
Images: 2 pcs
M101
24.3.2019 at 22.15 - 22.26 - Lapua
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Jani Tuominiemi
M101
23.2.2019 at 21.00 - Kuusamo
Voitto Pitkanen, Ursa (Pohjois-Suomi)
There were gaps in the overcast and from the direction of the Big Bear was chosen as the Windmill Gala as the subject.
M101
13.2.2019 at 00.00 - 06.00 - Laukaa
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Erik Pirtala, Tampereen Ursa
The skies cleared for Tuesday night and you had to shoot. Near midnight I began to photograph this from the low northeastern sky with the subject already very high on the morning side. Each color channel here is 50x2min and the luminance is 40x2min. The total exposure is just over 6h. Shooting with an ASI1600MM-C camera and an 8 "Newtonian telescope.
Comments: 2 pcs
M101, Tuulimyllygalaksi
5.10.2018 at 00.00 - 04.00 - Rovaniemi
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Lauri Turunen, Corona Borealis, Rovaniemi
The evenings in early October have been favorable for space observation and photography due to the weather. The other night, I headed the telescope to the Windmill Galaxy (Messier 101), just over 20 million light-years away, near Otava, and photographed it all night, piling up just over 3 hours of high-quality exposure. I’ve tried to shoot the same subject before, but now I finally succeeded, and after several hours of image processing, the end result gives justice to the splendor of the subject.
M101
26.3.2018 at 22.00 - Oulu
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Jaakko Asikainen, Oulun Arktos
The rude learning continues, there are just no more favorable stellar nebulae to photograph for this season. The destination is therefore the Windmill Gala.
M101, M13
12.4.2018 at 00.32 - 01.15 - Rautalampi
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Vesa Vauhkonen, Sisä-Savon Ursa
Starry night test runs. GoTo worked just fine in itself, instead the tracking flowed a bit. The targets are the Big Bear Windmill and the spherical star cluster of Hercules.
Images: 2 pcs
M101
3.4.2018 at 23.15 - 23.50 - Vantaa
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Pekka Sunila, Ursa (Etelä-Suomi)
M51 ja M81-M82 ja M101
6.4.2018 at 13.56 - 00.00 - Sievi
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Mauno Nisula, Ursa (Pohjois-Suomi)
For a long time, the weather allowed the description of galaxies. The homemade stand worked very well under the control of a synchronous motor. There is still a lot of work to be done in learning shooting and image processing, and in using filters. The drains were about 10x2min.
Images: 3 pcs • Comments: 3 pcs
M101
15.3.2018 at 01.00 - 03.00 - Järvenpää
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Ari Jokinen, Etelä-Suomen kosmol. seura
When the weather was good, I quickly put the stock in shape and took a picture of the galaxy for a long time. There was a slight gradient in the image due to light pollution. I didn’t get it right out of the way but maybe the first time since. Edit. Figure 2. New version where the gradient is now weaker.
Images: 2 pcs
M31, M32, M101
23.9.2017 at 23.00 - 02.00 - Mikkeli
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Petri Kiukas, Mikkelin Ursa
The shooting season opened in the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the conditions are foggy and humid as you would expect in Finland in the autumn. However, the object now high in the sky reasonably grabbed the cell of the wise. The light accumulated in 32 x 300s cycles for just over two and a half hours.
Comments: 2 pcs
M101
25.9.2017 at 22.10 - Kangasala, Kuhmalahti
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Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa
In the early evening, in the middle of the fog, I described the Windmill Galaxy. Unfortunately, technical problems sabotaged the project after the first image. However, out of curiosity, I decided to try what one image can do - especially when I had just got a new tool into Photoshop that I had to get to try.
M101
5.9.2017 at 01.00 - Kuhmalahti
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Tapio Lahtinen, Tampereen Ursa
On a cottage trip, little by little, we practice again for the winters of winter. Here, to my recollection, I did not use autoguidation. Edit: I did a BV calibration in Regim and I think the colors improved.
M101
29.3.2017 at 00.25 - 00.50 - Järvenpää
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Toni Veikkolainen, Keski-Uudenmaan Altair
In my shooting program, after the Swirl Galaxy, it was the turn of Väkkärä Galaxy. Near the zenith, the object somehow became visible despite the light pollution and the dim surface brightness. The clarity of the spiral branches also stood out, and in general the target is more asymmetrical than the M51. After these exposures, I drove home.
M101
28.3.2017 at 21.50 - 02.57 - Tampere
Jouni Raunio, Tampereen Ursa
This galaxy was last photographed a little hurriedly from early winter, so I took the description of the object completely new.
M101
19.3.2017 at 21.23 - Kauhava
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Oskari Syynimaa, Lakeuden Ursa
The Big Bear M101 from the night between the 19th and 20th. Now the focus is better in place :) Here are exactly two hours of light in 20 second clips. ISO800. Larger image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138130833@N03/33435243432
Comments: 2 pcs
M101
25.3.2017 at 20.26 - Kuusamo
Voitto Pitkanen
M101
27.1.2017 at 21.33 - 03.06 - Tampere
Jouni Raunio, Tampereen Ursa
Even the third tube came to be dug out of the naphthalene and the "first lights" immediately into the game. Not all adjustments are in place yet.
M101
20.1.2017 at 20.01 - 01.11 - Tampere
Jouni Raunio, Tampereen Ursa
M101
22.2.2017 at 04.20 - Kirkkonummi
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Olli Arkko
On the same night at Metsähovi radio research station as last picture (horse head fog). This time, a galaxy target whose outer branches had been awkward to get from the backyard to grab the cell.
Images: 2 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs
M101
27.1.2017 at 22.15 - Tammela
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Juha Parvio, Ursa (Helsinki)
The windmill galaxy is an object with a dull surface brightness. With the bright telephoto lens, it became well visible even though it appears quite small. The two-minute exposures were successful thanks to the subject's northern location. The image is a crop of the original.
M101
6.12.2016 at 17.50 - Valtimo
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Veli-Pekka Häkkinen
Before the cloud front and condensation, the rush begins in the lighter sky.
Images: 3 pcs • Comments: 5 pcs
M101
14.4.2016 at 03.00 - Kankaanpää
Tero Hirvikoski, Ursa (Länsi-Suomi)
As the last major project of the season, I photographed the galaxy M101 on four short April nights. The total exposure accumulated in just over 12 hours, which was comfortably enough to expose the dimmer outer parts of the galaxy. Filming dates were April 10-14, 2016. More information and full size image in my Astrobin gallery .
Comments: 3 pcs
M101
4.4.2016 at 00.00 - Nilsiä, Lastukoski
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Ville Puoskari, Kuopion Saturnus
While waiting for the comet to rise, I tested my HEQ5 tripod, well, that feels like the next one. Next fall then color and add luminance. :)
M101
19.3.2016 at 04.30 - Kirkkonummi
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Jari Saukkonen, Kirkkonummen komeetta
While the moon was hiding over another object under construction, another object had to be invented. The M101 ended up in sight, as it was as far away from the moon as possible in my sky and visible almost all night. I collected a total of 9.5h of exposure from this handsome spiral galaxy over two nights, and the end result was surprising! The hydrogen regions of the galaxy stand out clearly, and despite the moon, I also recovered some of the Milky Way’s own dust clouds, which stand out just from the background as the screen twists enough brightness. Note that you can no longer control it as i...
Images: 3 pcs • Comments: 2 pcs
M101
19.3.2016 at 21.35 - Oulu
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Jaakko Asikainen, Oulun Arktos
The first longer piece of the year rewarded bright weather with three images: one planetary nebula, one dwarf spheroid galaxy, and then such a more traditional individual. The M101 has been photographed with two other tubes, but I still wanted to see what kind of mark Newton would get. For more information: http://www.astrobin.com/242690
M101
15.3.2016 at 21.30 - 01.30 - Mikkeli
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Petri Kiukas
As the Milky Way receded from the southern night sky, the M101 windmill gala was chosen as the target instead of the mists. The picture shows my first lights on the subject. 22 x 600s.
Comments: 6 pcs
M101
17.3.2016 at 04.45 - Kauniainen
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Olli Arkko, Pollux, Aalto-yliopisto
The last destination of the night is M101. The dimmer parts of this item were already harder to stretch out so the end result may not be as neat as it could be but still clearly the best M101 picture I’ve actually taken. Next time, try some darker place than Espoo.
M101
11.11.2015 at 22.30 - Masku
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Olli Halme
This was the first time I photographed this subject. M101 exposure 27 min [15x 181s], iso 1600, canon 1000D (ir mod) avx mount, gso 8 / f4, Guiding with phd 2, stacked with dss, final edit with cs6. It would be nice to get a little closer to this destination, maybe that ten tube would be the next purchase :)
M101
11.10.2015 at 21.00 - Tammela
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Juha Parvio, Ursa (Helsinki)
A windmill galaxy requires a dark sky and long exposures. Visually, it was just barely visible.
Comments: 2 pcs
M101
23.8.2015 at 01.00 - Pori
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Jarkko Suominen, Porin Karhunvartijat
Despite the fog, the object was found fairly painlessly, although very dimly visible through the pipe. In addition to the galaxies, in addition to the terrestrial nebula, star nebulae were also observed, from which the owl nebula was exposed.
M101
13.4.2015 at 23.30 - Helsinki
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Tero Hiekkalinna, Ursa (Helsinki)
I thought the shooting season was over, but I got the Windmill Galaxy photographed for three nights for a total of 7 hours 35 minutes.
M101
15.3.2015 at 22.35 - 00.34 - Tampere
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Jouni Raunio, Tampereen Ursa
M101
14.3.2015 at 23.55 - 01.49 - Tampere
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Jouni Raunio, Tampereen Ursa
Observation data found in the disk corner that I described during hardware testing a month ago.
M101
11.3.2015 at 22.20 - 23.48 - Tampere
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Jouni Raunio, Tampereen Ursa
After a long period of cloud cover, the bright period that came a little unexpectedly finally made it possible to start tuning and testing the hardware. A number of test images were created here, one of which is here.
Images: 4 pcs
M51, M101
15.3.2015 at 21.00 - 21.30 - Sipoo
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Juha Järvenpää
When I took the tripod out of the way of the other stuff in the back of the car on Sunday, I noticed that at the previous field gig, one of the “paws” of the tripod had been left in the scene. Although finding it was uncertain I decided to give it a try. If you go to the scene once, then of course you should take the shooting tips with you, I reasoned. The two spiral galaxies of the big bear and the hound dogs, seen from above, fit nicely into the field of view of a 90-millimeter objective. Not so impressive, but more exposure could get something finer.
Comments: 2 pcs
M101
14.3.2015 at 23.00 - Kirkkonummi
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Samuli Vuorinen, Kirkkonummen komeetta
The group was again enjoying the clear weather at Komakallmi in Kirkkonummi. I exposed this spiral galaxy for a total of three hours. The transparency was not quite as good as the previous nights.
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