Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034  ·  NGC 3077
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M81 and M82, Sean Richardson
M81 and M82
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M81 and M82

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M81 and M82, Sean Richardson
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M81 and M82

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This is my first color image using a dedicated astro camera. I decided to go straight to the mono, it seemed like the better choice! While I have never had more than 3 hours integration time in the past. I told myself I will not settle for less than 8 hours in the future! So here is 11 hours on M81 and M82 and come to find out I have an issue with my spacers in my scope causing the terrible star shapes I am definitely a perfectionist when it comes to photography and while I am still very new to this type of photography, it is still frustrating not having nice tight stars. I hope to get the problem solved soon.

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M81 and M82, Sean Richardson