Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034
M81, Chris Barthel
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M81

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M81, Bode's Nebula, and M82, the Cigar Galaxy. This image is comprised of data taken over Four nights. I'm pretty happy with the way M81 turned out. M82, on the other hand is kind of a let down, but all in all I'm pretty happy with the picture.

This is of special interest to me. Almost a year ago when I got my first telescope, The Orion Nebula was my first visually observed deep sky object. Pretty east to find. The first real challenge object for me was M81/82. It took me several nights of hunting and taught me a lot about how to use my equipment and how to star hop. When I finally found these two targets I let out a real and audible whoop and still remember that sense of accomplishment.

I hope you all enjoy it, and as always tips/advice/criticism is always welcome.

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