Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 2959  ·  NGC 2961  ·  NGC 2976  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034  ·  NGC 3077
M81 & M82 (Bode's Nebula, Cigar Galaxy, et al.), NorthernNeck
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M81 & M82 (Bode's Nebula, Cigar Galaxy, et al.)

M81 & M82 (Bode's Nebula, Cigar Galaxy, et al.), NorthernNeck
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M81 & M82 (Bode's Nebula, Cigar Galaxy, et al.)

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Taking advantage of a frigid but clear and moonless night, I collected a fair bit of broadband data of two exposure lengths and profited from the Photoshop tips in the latest issue of Sky & Telescope (to what degree, I allow the fair reader to be the judge). A first effort, and a mark to be exceeded. I notice that others with similar setups obtained interesting results on M82 using narrowband filters, which I may try next time and will add to these data in due course. Thanks to @estabrook for his processing suggestions.

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