Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031
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Early morning M81  --  RGB, Michael Sherick
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Early morning M81 -- RGB

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Early morning M81  --  RGB, Michael Sherick
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Early morning M81 -- RGB

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This image of M81 was an early morning effort to take advantage of a couple hours of clear skies between rain showers (tactical imaging).   I had 8 sub exposures each RGB, and did not qualify the image data.  I knew that I had a few "faulty" exposures, but I decided to process the whole data set as an experiment to see what I could reveal.  As expected, there are are some issues with the star profiles that degraded the detail.  I'll next be more diligent in selecting the image data, then re-process to see if there is any improvement in star profile and detail.

Imaged 11-26-21 from the Sagrada Observatory;  Telescope:  24"f8RC;  Camera: FLI-PL-09000

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Early morning M81  --  RGB, Michael Sherick