Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's nebulae  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034  ·  NGC 3077
M81 and M82 - 2nd try, JanD
M81 and M82 - 2nd try
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M81 and M82 - 2nd try

M81 and M82 - 2nd try, JanD
M81 and M82 - 2nd try
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M81 and M82 - 2nd try

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This is the second time I shot this iconic pair. This time on the EXOS-2 mount with auto-guiding. Auto-guiding with PHD2 starts to get better, these are 270 second exposures. I had to discard a few because of quite strong winds tonight , and the used ones are still not perfect but much better than before. I think M82 is a bit overexposed. The sky here in Haute-Provence, France is beautiful ... 4,5 minutes and the background is still black. I might try to reprocess once I am back from holidays, I do not like the over-stretched stars.

Still a lot to learn, but I am happy that my pictures get better and better...

Best,

Jan

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Description: Reprocessed.

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Description: Playing around with HDR functions.

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M81 and M82 - 2nd try, JanD