Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's galaxy  ·  Bode's nebulae  ·  Cigar galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034
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M81 / M82 and their companions, Sven Hoffmann
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M81 / M82 and their companions

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M81 / M82 and their companions

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This is my take on M81 & M82 and it's companions. I'm happy that I managed to get a hint of Holmberg IX as well as a smaller dwarf galaxy (LEDA 28731). There actually was already a tiny hint of IFN in the subs, but it would've been so noise when stretched, that I did not persue it.

I accidentally shot this at unity gain (139). Fortunately it did not hurt the final result too much.

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M81 / M82 and their companions, Sven Hoffmann

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