Messier 101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

Messier 101, also know as The Pinwheel Galaxy or NGC 5457, is a face-on, counterclockwise intermediate spiral galaxy located 21 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and was communicated that year to Charles Messier, who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries.

Equipment:
OTA: Apertura 6" Ritchey-Chretien reflector (f/9)
Reducer: Astro Physics CCD667 0.67x Reducer (f6)
Camera: ZWO ASI183MC Pro
Filter: SVBONY CLS City Light Pollution Filter
Mount: Explore Scientific EXOS2-GT with PMC-8
116 x 30s frames cptured and stacked in SharpCap 4.1
Processed with GraXpert, Topaz Denoise, Gimp, Paint Shop Pro.