Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's nebulae  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3034
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M82 and the Cap, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M82 and the Cap
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M82 and the Cap

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M82 and the Cap, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M82 and the Cap
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M82 and the Cap

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Here's my rendition of M82 with a bit of IFN I've managed to capture the small arc of Ha known as the Cap there's some info in this paper arxiv.org/abs/1210.8149.

The IFN was very difficult to process due to it being just above the background noise.

This was taken from my new home in rural Spain Pixel Skies where we are currently constructing a new remote telescope hosting site www.facebook.com/PixelSkies19

Lum 70x600 Secs

Red 41x300 Secs

Green 32x300 Secs

Blue 43x300 Secs

Ha 25x1800 Secs.

33 Hours 50 mins in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Tec 140 F7

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -15C

Image Scale: 0.95

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Baader LRGB Ha

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

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M82 and the Cap, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)

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