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 and M82 - the cinematic view, Michael Bauer
M81 and M82 - the cinematic view
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M81 and M82 - the cinematic view

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M81 and M82 - the cinematic view, Michael Bauer
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M81 and M82 - the cinematic view

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I am always amazed by the fact that two beautiful galaxies like these are so close to each other on the sky. Unfortunately I don't really have optics with the right focal length to properly capture them together. The Hyperstar may have been an option, but I would have to crop the image quite a bit. So I went with shooting a 2x1 mosaic with the C9 and 1/6.3 reducer resulting in an image in "cinemascope". 

Circumstances led to different exposure times of the two panels, but perhaps M82 is benefitting from the additional data. RGB frames are 60s with  M82 panel 490 frames and M81 170 frames, Ha frames are 80x120s frames both panels.

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Description: Added older data, particularly on the M81 side. New integration and complete reprocessing.

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M81 and M82 - the cinematic view, Michael Bauer