Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031
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M81 (Bode's Galaxy) with IFN, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M81 (Bode's Galaxy) with IFN
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M81 (Bode's Galaxy) with IFN

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M81 (Bode's Galaxy) with IFN, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
M81 (Bode's Galaxy) with IFN
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M81 (Bode's Galaxy) with IFN

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Description

M81 in all its glory with IFN.

Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away, with a diameter of 90,000 light-years, about half the size of the Milky Way, in the constellation of Ursa Major.

Lum 43x600Secs

Red 35x300Secs

Green 31x300 Secs

Blue 28x300Secs

Ha 17x1800Secs

23 hours 40 mins in total.

Captured by David Wills at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain www.pixelskiesastro.com

Equipment used:

Telescope: Tec 140 F7

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 0.95

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik L,R,G,B,Ha

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8

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M81 (Bode's Galaxy) with IFN, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)