M81 Bode's Galaxy (Tim Ray)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Bode's Galaxy · HD85458 · M 81 · NGC 3031

M81 Bode's Galaxy

Revision title: Reprocessed

M81 Bode's Galaxy

Revision title: Reprocessed

I would like to image both M81and M82 this season with the RC10 and the 2600mmPro. This is the M81 image. Lightly cropped. I was surprised by how large this galaxy was on this sensor. I fought the moon during capture on this entire data set. This isn't my best effort but I think this is all I can get from this data. This result is the 4th or 5th time processing it. I
would like to have more data but I am still going through the learning curve on the MyT mounting and the TSX and TPoint...

Standard True RGB workflow + luminance. 2x2 bin, gain 100, offset 50. Skywatcher ED100 .85x reducer/flattener.

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Title: Reprocessed

Description: Reprocessed with different stretching and color balance.

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Title: Reprocessed LRGB

Description: Revisited recent data with a new laptop and monitor for processing

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	9518720
PixInsight job	P16OXJ8LX5KU0M1FT7SMS3OGOUOTII68
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	09h55m41s.550
RA (top/left)	09h57m47s.272
RA (top/right)	09h58m09s.539
RA (bottom/right)	09h53m32s.199
RA (bottom/left)	09h53m17s.300

Dec (center)	+69°04′00″.92
Dec (top/left)	+68°45′25″.16
Dec (top/right)	+69°21′21″.92
Dec (bottom/right)	+69°22′32″.34
Dec (bottom/left)	+68°46′31″.84

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