Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031
M81 - Bode's Galaxy, Spencer Hochstetler
M81 - Bode's Galaxy
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M81 - Bode's Galaxy

M81 - Bode's Galaxy, Spencer Hochstetler
M81 - Bode's Galaxy
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M81 - Bode's Galaxy

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I was too lazy to enter all of the specific filter times and dates, but the 20.1 hour total integration time was spread out over 5 nights of imaging from January 10 to February 7.  Definitely the most hours and number of filters that I have worked with for a single project, using a combination of HaLRGB filters.  I'm sure one day I'll revisit these files with more knowledge of post-processing techniques to achieve a better result, but for now, I'm pleased given the poor weather and the persistent light dome directly north of my home, which is where M81 lives.  (The town that I shoot over in this direction is a Bortle 7 location and I'm just south of it in Bortle 5 skies.)

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M81 - Bode's Galaxy, Spencer Hochstetler