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M81 Bode's Galaxy and M82 Cigar Galaxy - Feb/Mar/Apr/May 2021 v1, 



    
        

            Martin Junius
M81 Bode's Galaxy and M82 Cigar Galaxy - Feb/Mar/Apr/May 2021 v1
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M81 Bode's Galaxy and M82 Cigar Galaxy - Feb/Mar/Apr/May 2021 v1

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M81 Bode's Galaxy and M82 Cigar Galaxy - Feb/Mar/Apr/May 2021 v1, 



    
        

            Martin Junius
M81 Bode's Galaxy and M82 Cigar Galaxy - Feb/Mar/Apr/May 2021 v1
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M81 Bode's Galaxy and M82 Cigar Galaxy - Feb/Mar/Apr/May 2021 v1

Acquisition details

Dates:
Feb. 14, 2021 ·  March 1, 2021 ·  March 2, 2021 ·  March 5, 2021 ·  April 13, 2021 ·  May 7, 2021
Frames:
Astronomik L 2: 68×300(5h 40′) (gain: 120.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Optolong L-eNhance 2": 58×900(14h 30′) (gain: 120.00) -10°C bin 1×1
Integration:
20h 10′
Darks:
15
Flats:
110
Flat darks:
30
Avg. Moon age:
14.41 days
Avg. Moon phase:
43.77%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
5.00
Mean SQM:
19.40
Temperature:
-0.40

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 5398700

RA center: 09h55m48s.7

DEC center: +69°1926

Pixel scale: 0.863 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 93.224 degrees

Field radius: 0.770 degrees

Resolution: 5336x3568

File size: 6.1 MB

Locations: Dellbrück, Köln, NW, Germany

Data source: Backyard

Description

The last one for this season. Clear skies were quite rare in spring 2021, thus the exposure time is way to short for my skies and the resulting image quite noisy.

The RGB OSC data was merged with Ha from the L-eNhance dual narrowband filter.

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