IFN Around M81 and M82 - Widefield (Shikhar Gupta)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: 24 UMa) · Bode's Galaxy · Cigar Galaxy · M 81 · M 82 · NGC 3031 · NGC 3034 · The star 22 UMa · The star 27 UMa · The star 32 UMa · The star Althiba VII (d UMa

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(After failing to shoot this field over the past two attempts, due to either sky conditions or gear issues and wasting over 15h of data in the process.)
This data is captured under the dark skies of Spiti during the peak winters, which was probably the most uncomfortable one till date. With ice cold winds numbing everything that's exposed to the air in seconds, laced with the a temperature of upto 25° below 0. However, more than the bone freezing conditions, the biggest challenge was to leave the comfort of heated rooms and beds and to go out and touch the cold metal to re-align to targets, and it would be a lie to say that I didn't think about skipping some nights. Despite, all the challenges, I'd still be incredibly proud of this image, no matter how below or above average it seems.

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Very Wide Field
Unmodified DSLR Deep Sky
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Samyang 135 f/2

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