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 and M82, privateer
M81 and M82
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M81 and M82, privateer
M81 and M82
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A wide field of Bodes and the Cigar Galaxy surrounded by other galaxies, dust and stars from our own Milky Way. Captured from my light polluted backyard Bortle 5-6. 

I apologize for my lack of posts lately my CGX mount was hampering my clear nights of imaging with poor guiding and tracking which makes capturing the details of the night sky rather challenging. The new mount will be arriving soon and I look forward to seeing what it can do. 

Camera: ASI2600MC-Pro
Telescope: Celestron RASA 8 
Aperture: f2.0
Mount: Celestron CGX
Filter: RASA8 LPS (Astrodon)
Frames: 503X30sec
Gain: 0 Offset: 10
OAT: 8°C
Camera Temp: -20°C
Guiding: ASI290MC
Darks: 50 frames 
Flats: 50 frames
Post Processing: Pixinsight, PS, LR

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M81 and M82, privateer