Imaged on 5/29/06
Scope: Takahashi FSQ 106 Refractor
Mount: AP 900 GoTo
Autoguider: SXV-H9 autoguiding camera
attached to an 80mm refractor
L,R,G,B exposures: 90,30,30,30 minutes
Site: Anza Borrego Desert
Temp: 55 degrees; mild wind.
Also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy,
M101 is 27 million light years away.
