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The Northern Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101)

Messier 101
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Category Galaxies 
Scope Takahashi FS-102 at f/8 
Camera SBIG ST-2000XCM 
Picture Date 2005-04-11 20:11:00 UTC 
Publish Date 2005-08-23 
Comment 2 x 120 minutes.
This image has been processed with the luminance layering technique (LRGB) by using the best image for the luminance details and a combination of the 2 images for the RGB layers. 

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