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M81 (+M82) - Bodes Galaxy, Elias
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M81 (+M82) - Bodes Galaxy

M81 (+M82) - Bodes Galaxy, Elias
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M81 (+M82) - Bodes Galaxy

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I went a little bit crazy here. It was > 50% Moon-Phase and I decided to shoot M81 for atleast 10h+ (I got about 13h of useable material).
Due to the high moon phase my RGB-Images were pretty much colorless after stacking and background removal. Thats why the color of M81 and M82 does look so weird.
Other than that I expected a bit more overall, but again: There was the moon (and I did a fairly quick processing procedure here).

PS: The stars do look like bloated rainbow dots. Thats a mad combination of BlurX + GHS (with a high local intensity (b) and a COL-Stretch) and a ever so slightly Sat-boost. I for sure reprocess this data again!

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M81 (+M82) - Bodes Galaxy, Elias