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 and M82, the famous pair, GalacticRAVE
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M81 and M82, the famous pair

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M81 and M82, the famous pair, GalacticRAVE
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M81 and M82, the famous pair

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M81 and M82 is a very nice pair of galaxies on its own right. It also is an ideal target for a combination of relatively large focal length and large field of view. Here my first attempt.

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Description: improved background modelling, and worked out the contrast in the galaxies with local histogram normalization

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M81 and M82, the famous pair, GalacticRAVE