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M101 Galaxy Group

The M101 Group is a group of galaxies in Leo, in Ursa Major, lying around 25 mly distance away from our Milky Way Galaxy. The group may be physically related to the M96 Group

M101 Galaxy Group (with distance in million light years)
Bullet M101 - Spiral Galaxy - 25 mly
Bullet NGC 5204 - Spiral Galaxy
 
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M101 - Spiral Galaxy - 25.0 mly

M101 (Ursa Major)  
Image
CCD Image (75% size, cropped) 
9 x 60 sec (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter
2009-08-24 22:00 h UT  (#386001-10)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME
[uncropped]
M101 with SN 2011fe (2011-08-25)
Supernova shown by white cross-hairs
This was SN was reported to be the nearest 
Type 1a supernova seen for decades
M101 - Earlier Image (2009) 


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Annotated CCD Image (58% size, cropped)
9 x 60 sec exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C Filter 
2011-08-25 21:41 h UT  (#477019-28)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME
 CCD Image (cropped) 
9 x 60 sec (average combine),  3x3 binning, C Filter
2009-08-24 22:00 h UT  (#386001-10)
12" LX200R  (at f/5.7) + ST-10XME

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NGC 5204 - Spiral Galaxy 

NGC 5204 (Ursa Major)

Image 

CCD Image  (75% size, cropped)
5 x 120s exposure (average combine), 3x3 binning, C filter,  
2010-03-10 00:14h UT (#416368-72)
12" LX200R  (at f/9.7) + ST-10XME

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M101 Group Members:

Galaxy Name II RA Dec type m_v dim RV
NGC 5204 H IV.63 13:29.6 +58:25 Ir 11.3 4.8 x 3.0 351
UGC 8508
/PGC 47495
1Z 60 13:30.8 +54:55 Ir+ 14.5p 1.4 x 0.9 202
NGC 5238 H III.823 13:34.7 +51:37 SBdm 13.3p 2.0 x 1.7 368
UGC 8837 Holm. IV 13:54.8 +53:54 Ir+ 13.1p 4.0 x 1.4 284
M101 NGC 5457 14:03.2 +54:21 Sc 7.9 26.9 x 26.3 388
NGC 5474 H I.214 14:05.0 +53:40 Sc 10.8p 4.5 x 4.2 416
NGC 5477 H III.790 14:05.6 +54:28 Ir+ 13.8 1.7 x 1.4 441
NGC 5585 H I.235 14:19.8 +56:44 Sa 10.9 5.5 x 3.7 462
UGC 9405          

Note: Green rows show galaxy group members that have been imaged (white row have not yet been imaged).

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