Luminance M81 and M82 super short integration - GT81 First Light (Tony Jerig)

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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I went back to the first shoot I ever did with my telescope after learning how to process more effectively. I originally thought only 6 subs were worth using, but then learned how integration dealt with defects. I also learned a lot of other processes since then and how to utilize the drizzle data I had captured.

I want to store this simply as a record of my first shoot, not so much for the overall quality. I do think it turned out well for such a short integration.

I took this shot after spending the afternoon getting my auto focuser homed in during the day. Evening was approaching and I was at my sister's house and decided to give it a try. Clouds came in fairly soon, so only got the Luminance set. I'm posting my first ever integration as the Original with 6 subs for comparison of what I have learned to do with the data on second try as the final version B.

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RA (center)	09h56m03s.80
RA (top/left)	09h55m28s.28
RA (top/right)	09h45m51s.47
RA (bottom/right)	09h56m36s.14
RA (bottom/left)	10h06m36s.93

Dec (center)	+69°17′30″.9
Dec (top/left)	+70°16′46″.1
Dec (top/right)	+68°53′59″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+68°18′04″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	+69°38′37″.10

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