Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M81 and M82, HALRGB, 16.8 hours, riot1013
M81 and M82, HALRGB, 16.8 hours
Powered byPixInsight

M81 and M82, HALRGB, 16.8 hours

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M81 and M82, HALRGB, 16.8 hours, riot1013
M81 and M82, HALRGB, 16.8 hours
Powered byPixInsight

M81 and M82, HALRGB, 16.8 hours

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

My 2021 version of M81 and M82. With nearly 17 hours of data I am kind of disappointed that I was unable to pull any of the interstellar dust that resides in this part of the sky. Honestly I think a combination of pretty poor seeing and a bit of light pollution has made pulling that kind of faint detail from an image nearly impossible.

Overall I am happy with the image; I tried some different techniques to sharpen the galaxies. They were as successful as I could hope for considering seeing limitations and image scale. As always critiques are more than welcome.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

M81 and M82, HALRGB, 16.8 hours, riot1013