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M81 & M82, #2, 



    
        

            Molly Wakeling
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M81 & M82, #2

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M81 & M82, #2, 



    
        

            Molly Wakeling
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M81 & M82, #2

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Vixen NA140SSf
Imaging Cameras
Nikon D5300
Mounts
Losmandy G11 / G11G
Filters
Astronomik CLS
Software
Adobe Photoshop · Luc Coiffier DeepSkyStacker (DSS)
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Celestron 80mm Guidescope
Guiding Cameras
QHYCCD QHY5

Acquisition details

Dates:
Feb. 17, 2017
Frames:
21×180(1h 3′) ISO3200
Integration:
1h 3′
Darks:
38
Flats:
21
Bias:
20
Avg. Moon age:
20.97 days
Avg. Moon phase:
62.36%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
4.00
Temperature:
7.00

RA center: 09h57m08s.21

DEC center: +69°1722.6

Pixel scale: 1.008 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -98.114 degrees

Field radius: 1.014 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 6016x4016

File size: 27.9 MB

Data source: Backyard

Description

It's hard to color-balance galaxies with a CLS filter!

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M81 & M82, #2, 



    
        

            Molly Wakeling