Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  HD85161  ·  HD85458  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034
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M81 and M82, Sarah Fields
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M81 and M82

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M81 and M82

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Image of Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy, M81 and M82 taken with my ES 102mm refractor at a dark site (Red Rock Canyon State Park).    LOTs of cropping here, but got nice enough detail that I think the image supports it.

LRGB, all 120 second exposures
L: 60 images
R: 40 images
G: 40 images
B: 40 images
Using Stellarvue 0.8x reducer

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M81 and M82, Sarah Fields