M81 and M82 (Tom Engwall)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Bode's Galaxy · Cigar Galaxy · M 81 · M 82 · NGC 3031 · NGC 3034

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M81 and M82

I have been working long and hard on this image as I try to learn Pixinsight. But I finally got it close to what was looking for. I probably could push the color more and possibly bring out more detail and now I think it could use a little more sharpening but I am at the point where I just need to move on to a new image. I learned about HDMRT and how important it is to an image like this with a high dynamic range. I used it on the luminance image - blending the original with a HDRMT clone copy using pixel math. Then combined the new luminance by LRGB. I really don't know much about pixel math but used an example provided at Ron Brecher at a Masters of Pixinsight video workshop. I also feel fortunate to be doing my imaging remotely at Pixelskies, in Castillejar, Granada Spain. Dave Wills (owner of Pixelskies) has been so helpful in getting my equipment setup and tweaked and helping me with Voyager. He really has helped make this hobby a reality for me. It is quite impossible to do any consistent imaging where I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina USA - just too few clear nights here.

R 154 X 180
B 150 X 180
G 145 X 180
L 149 X 180
Total 29.9 hours

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	5334055
PixInsight job	P3H2PXYF7OQYN7TLQ8FO1W4SMVOLO5N8
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	09h55m33s.97
RA (top/left)	09h50m35s.28
RA (top/right)	09h51m31s.28
RA (bottom/right)	10h00m17s.13
RA (bottom/left)	09h59m50s.84

Dec (center)	+69°20′59″.3
Dec (top/left)	+69°55′14″.5
Dec (top/right)	+68°43′51″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+68°46′12″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+69°57′44″.2

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