Object: Galaxy MESSIER 101 Constell: UMA RA: 14h 03.3m Decl: +54° 22' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 7.8m Size: 28.9'x27.0' Type: SAB(rs)cd Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 29./1.2./3.1992, 22.50 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 63x Filter: Field: 60' NE Lim.mag: 6.2m Background sky: 1 Seeing: 4 Weather: Brightness: 3 Alt: Description: A large face-on spiral. Mottled but the spiral structure is not well defined.