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M81 (Bode's Galaxy) & M82 (The Cigar Galaxy), 



    
        

            Joey Troy
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M81 (Bode's Galaxy) & M82 (The Cigar Galaxy)

M81 (Bode's Galaxy) & M82 (The Cigar Galaxy), 



    
        

            Joey Troy
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M81 (Bode's Galaxy) & M82 (The Cigar Galaxy)

Acquisition details

Dates:
April 30, 2022 ·  May 2, 2022
Frames:
Astronomik Deep Sky B 36mm: 10×180(30′) (gain: 100.00) 0°C
Astronomik Deep Sky G 36mm: 5×180(15′) (gain: 100.00) 0°C
Astronomik Deep Sky R 36mm: 10×180(30′) (gain: 100.00) 0°C
Astronomik L2 UV-IR Blocking Filter 36mm: 30×180(1h 30′) (gain: 30.00) 0°C
Integration:
2h 45′
Bias:
20
Avg. Moon age:
15.36 days
Avg. Moon phase:
1.37%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
2.00

RA center: 09h56m52s.12

DEC center: +69°3945.3

Pixel scale: 3.088 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 90.772 degrees

Field radius: 2.015 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 4000x2463

File size: 389.2 KB

Locations: GNTO, Bosque, NM, United States

Data source: Traveller

Description

Taken at the GNTO in April of this year. I processed this before but never released it as I was not happy with the outcome. I went back and restacked and edited in PixInsight and a small boost to brightness in Luminar AI to help bring out the edges of the M81 galaxy.

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M81 (Bode's Galaxy) & M82 (The Cigar Galaxy), 



    
        

            Joey Troy