Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's galaxy  ·  Bode's nebulae  ·  Cigar galaxy  ·  HD85161  ·  HD85458  ·  HD85533  ·  HD86574  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034
Messier 81 & 82 - Bodes & Cigar Galaxy, Frank Schmitz
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Messier 81 & 82 - Bodes & Cigar Galaxy

Messier 81 & 82 - Bodes & Cigar Galaxy, Frank Schmitz
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Messier 81 & 82 - Bodes & Cigar Galaxy

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I have given up on my quest for some IFN here in my Bortle 5 zone. 4 hours Lum and if I stretch to much to see some integrated flux nebula the noise gets unbearable. However, this is my nicest shot of these two galaxys I have done so far, my first deepsky object actually at all which I found some time ago with my entry level scope (Bresser Pluto M81 attempt) I would say I have come a long way since last year

Also I have given the new AstroPixelProcessor version 1.58 a try. The Star Color Calibration really got awesome now, I really like the natural colors (and it helps me not to get too crazy with saturation and selective color) ;)

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Messier 81 & 82 - Bodes & Cigar Galaxy, Frank Schmitz