M81's neighborhood (John Favalessa)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Bode's Galaxy · Cigar Galaxy · M 81 · M 82 · NGC 2959 · NGC 2961 · NGC 2976 · NGC 3031 · NGC 3034 · NGC 3077

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A wide capture with my WO 81GT. I actually was running my other rig at the same target these nights, my 9.25HD Edge. But it was windy and the 9.25 subs were not usable. It's been a terrible imaging season here north of LA; no going to my dark site; cloudy or windy or full moon and unfortunately no rain since December...we are in water trouble again this year.

This image is with a OSC camera, integrated with APP and processed with Pix. I am pleased with the detail of M81 and M82 with such a short focal length, moon, wind and bortle 7. This focal length is forgiving in the wind...but I had to work hard to tighten the stars. I do love going wide into the darkness and then seeing such light! Plate solving is always a thrill for me to see all the distant PGC galaxies. Please check out the plate solving in version B!

Gosh, I miss going to my dark site though. Hopefully clear on the coming new moon! Blessings everyone. -john

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Astrometry.net job	5594515
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	09h55m40s.98
RA (top/left)	09h41m29s.75
RA (top/right)	09h45m22s.20
RA (bottom/right)	10h07m54s.70
RA (bottom/left)	10h07m46s.16

Dec (center)	+69°04′35″.8
Dec (top/left)	+70°40′36″.1
Dec (top/right)	+67°18′20″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	+67°24′47″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+70°48′10″.1

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