Spiral galaxy Pinwheel Messier 101 (Pinwheel Galaxy NGC 5457)

Spiral galaxy Pinwheel Messier 101 (Pinwheel Galaxy NGC 5457)

Equipment:
Camera Canon EOS 200 Da.
Telescope Synta SkyWatcher 150/750, F/5
Mount HEQ-5 Pro
Polar alignment camera iOptron iPolar
Coma corrector Baader MPCC Mark III
Bahtinov mask

Software for shooting:
Astrophotography Tool
SharpCap (polar alignment)
EQ-Mode
ASCOM
Cartes Du Ciel


Shooting from 12-13.04.2025, Starokamyshinsk area
Red zone light pollution. Class 7 on the Bortle scale
Shot during full Moon
803 Light frames at 15 seconds + 100 Dark frames + 100 Bias frames
ISO 1600

Total accumulated signal Σ=3h20'45"


Post-processing software:
DeepSkyStacker
FitsWork
FITStacker
Lightroom
StraNet2GUI
Photoshop
Topaz Denoise AI