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M81 and M82, Mark Spruce
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M81 and M82

M81 and M82, Mark Spruce
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M81 and M82

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Messier 81 and Messier 82

Taken over 5 nights at the start of May. I was hoping to get some of the integrated flux nebula in the image and I think I do have hints of it, but I suspect that I needed longer exposures and/or darker less light polluted skies.

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M81 and M82, Mark Spruce

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