Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's nebulae  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 2976  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034  ·  NGC 3077
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M81 & M82 - Bode's and Cigar Galaxies widefield, PghAstroDude
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M81 & M82 - Bode's and Cigar Galaxies widefield

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M81 & M82 - Bode's and Cigar Galaxies widefield

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First clear night in weeks! I shot this in my Bortle 8 backyard with the neigbhors' porch lights on all night, no filter. Takumar 200mm stopped 2 clicks down to f/7, self-made lens hood and Toe Warmers (17 degrees at the time) on the SmartEQ Pro+. Used Dynamic Background Extraction instead of ABE, light processing and noise reduction.

215x90", 5 hours and 26 mins Exposure time @ iso800, 20 darks/bias/flats in DSS, all calibration frames taken at time of imaging.

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M81 & M82 - Bode's and Cigar Galaxies widefield, PghAstroDude