Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034  ·  NGC 3077
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M81 & M82, Aaron Hakala
M81 & M82
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M81 & M82

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M81 & M82, Aaron Hakala
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M81 & M82

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M81 & M82

Travelled to a reasonably dark site. Unfortunately it was windy, seeing was below average. But my chances for clear sky have been very limited here in the Pacific Northwest. This is what I got for one evening. Not enough to bring out any IFN, but ok to bring out the galaxy's. Detail suffered a little from the seeing. I also was not happy with my exposure setting (2 min @139 gain) I think I should have gone with 70gain? I was using standard flattener so scope was F6. galaxy core and many of the brightest stars are overexposed.

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M81 & M82, Aaron Hakala