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 - Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy, Doug Gray
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M81 & M82 - Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy

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M81 & M82 - Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy, Doug Gray
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M81 & M82 - Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy

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One of my longest integration times yet. I think I've gotten the hang of the alignment and stacking portion of mono imaging now, but am still figuring out how to pleasingly combine the channels in photoshop. For example, I captured some Ha data and used it to add some contrasting color to the cigar galaxy, but am afraid I may have over done it.

I will have to revisit these targets one at a time in the future with more focal length.

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M81 & M82 - Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy, Doug Gray