Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 2976  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034  ·  NGC 3077
M81 - M82 - Bode's and Cigar Galaxies, Steve Benesko
M81 - M82 - Bode's and Cigar Galaxies
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M81 - M82 - Bode's and Cigar Galaxies

M81 - M82 - Bode's and Cigar Galaxies, Steve Benesko
M81 - M82 - Bode's and Cigar Galaxies
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M81 - M82 - Bode's and Cigar Galaxies

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Image of Bode's Galaxy and Cigar Galaxy

Taken with my portable rig which consists of a RedCat 51, EFW, OAG, and ZWO cameras on an AZ-GTi mount (EQMod)

This was all controlled by Stellarmate 1.5.0 which ran the plate solving, guiding/dithering, polar alignment and capture sequence.

This was my first attempt at acquiring galaxies from Toronto which is Bortle 8 zone.

I originally tried to acquire using my L-eNhance but that completely hid the galaxies.

Instead I used an IDAS LPS P1 filter that i have had for years and never had a chance to use it. I like the results but i think I will try again using a longer focal length.

Post processing was done in PixInsight, i am not entirely happy with the noise reduction and stretching, so i might redo those parts later.

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M81 - M82 - Bode's and Cigar Galaxies, Steve Benesko