- Description: Spiral galaxy Messier 101 in Ursa Major. One of the larger galaxies in
the northern sky and one of the closest at "only" 21 million light-years away. Bright at magnitude
8.3, about 29 x 27 arc minutes in size. Also known as NGC5457 and Arp 26. The bright round
smudge on the right side is NGC5474, a peculiar dwarf galaxy, distorted by interaction with
M101. 5474 is magnitude 11.3, about 4.7 arc minutes in diameter.
- Film: Hypered Kodak tech pan
- Scope: 8" f6 Newtonian
- Exposure: 75 Minutes
- Location: Willow Creek Provincial Park, Alberta
- Date: May 7, 1994
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