Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034
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M81 - Bodes Galaxy and M82 - Cigar Galaxy, Travis
M81 - Bodes Galaxy and M82 - Cigar Galaxy
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M81 - Bodes Galaxy and M82 - Cigar Galaxy

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M81 - Bodes Galaxy and M82 - Cigar Galaxy, Travis
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M81 - Bodes Galaxy and M82 - Cigar Galaxy

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This is my first use of the RedCat 51 III and the ZWO AM5 mount, I used the ZWO ASI462MC camera which is promoted as a planetary camera but it is all I have. I only did 30 second exposures because I could not get my guiding camera set up correctly, so I will need to remedy that issue which will hopefully allow me to take longer exposures which I read should allow me to reduce the noise in the images.

Since taking this photo I have been reading and watching some videos and want to try the following to improve my images:
  • Take longer exposures for each frame.
  • Take an overall longer exposure time (I tried capturing multiple targets rather than focusing on one target).
  • Fix the guide scope/camera issue. I need to fix the focus and try to get a good periodic error.
  • Try dithering once I get the auto guiding working, in order to reduce noise and artifacts.
  • Learning more about different post-processing techniques.

Any recommendations are welcome!

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M81 - Bodes Galaxy and M82 - Cigar Galaxy, Travis

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