Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's galaxy  ·  Bode's nebulae  ·  Cigar galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034
M81-M82 (Bode's nebula and Cigar Galaxy), Arvind H.
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M81-M82 (Bode's nebula and Cigar Galaxy)

M81-M82 (Bode's nebula and Cigar Galaxy), Arvind H.
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M81-M82 (Bode's nebula and Cigar Galaxy)

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M81 and M82 are the first galaxies I observed through my 10" Dob. It felt right that they are the first galaxies in my astrophoto journey.

Both galaxies are part of the M81 group estimated to be at a distance of 12 million light years away.

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Description: Decided to apply my newly acquired rudimentary knowledge of PixInsight to my first image. Definitely able to tease out more than what I could using DSS + Lightroom only. But not entirely pleased with the outcome either. Only so much PI can do to make up for lack of exposure time, higher ISO than ideal and no guiding.

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M81-M82 (Bode's nebula and Cigar Galaxy), Arvind H.

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