Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034
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M81 (Bode’s Galaxy) and M82 (Cigar Galaxy), Dark Rift Astro
M81 (Bode’s Galaxy) and M82 (Cigar Galaxy)
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M81 (Bode’s Galaxy) and M82 (Cigar Galaxy)

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M81 (Bode’s Galaxy) and M82 (Cigar Galaxy), Dark Rift Astro
M81 (Bode’s Galaxy) and M82 (Cigar Galaxy)
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M81 (Bode’s Galaxy) and M82 (Cigar Galaxy)

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This took me several tries to get. Ultimately I decided against using any light pollution filter after trying IDAS NGS1 filter and optolong l-enhance. I like how this one came out. I was surprised by how dark the background was after stretching the image data. I guess I spent enough time imaging that the faint areas could stand out enough from the background.

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M81 (Bode’s Galaxy) and M82 (Cigar Galaxy), Dark Rift Astro