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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Bode's and The Cigar, TStew
Bode's and The Cigar
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Bode's and The Cigar

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Bode's and The Cigar

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I tried imaging this pair a few nights with my new to me (but old) 500mm Canon lens and a 1.4x extender. The lens has some distortions and really tough to focus sharp. The extender just amplified this. All sessions were pretty much a waste except for the last night I shot with the bare 500mm at f/4. Still I don't think focus was spot on, and a bit of coma and aberrations, but I went ahead and processed it the best I could. In an earlier edit I did get more of the faint detail in the outer reaches of the galaxies arms using all 85 lights and stretching harder but stars were more bloated and distorted. I had some focus shift through the session. I threw away some of the worse subs to find a good compromise between faint detail and sharper stars and processed less aggressively to minimize distortion/bloating and think I found a good balance and happy with the results.

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Bode's and The Cigar, TStew