Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  HD85458  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031
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Messier 81 (Bode's galaxy), Alicia Rossiter
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Messier 81 (Bode's galaxy)

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Messier 81 (Bode's galaxy), Alicia Rossiter
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Messier 81 (Bode's galaxy)

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This is my second picture of Messier 81 with the SCT8. My first one was one year ago,  it was a 30 min picture, unguided and my processing skills were in the initial learning phase. Recently a friend was kind enough to share his subs and let me practice processing M81 with PixInsight. I did have the opportunity to test several paths to bring up color, dimension and dust lanes of this huge target. So here is take 2 of Bode's galaxy with the SCT8. This time using an OAG and 4+ hours of integration

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Messier 81 (Bode's galaxy), Alicia Rossiter