Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031
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M81 - Bode's Galaxy, Awni Hafedh
M81 - Bode's Galaxy
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M81 - Bode's Galaxy, Awni Hafedh
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March 8, 2021 - Bode's Galaxy (M81)

Episodes two of the Cigar and Bode's galaxies field of view is of course the bigger brother which is the bode's galaxy M81, this galaxy is huge compared to its companion M82, is a grand spiral galaxy lies at a distance of about 12 million light years from Earth and has an approximately 90,000 light years diameter which is almost 2.5 time M82 .

I didn't go crazy with this one as I only capture OSC subs using the Lum filter, This was a stack of 120x180sec Lum filter with ASI533MC camera with a total exposure of 6 hours, I mainly used PixInSight and Luminar 4 to process it and enhance the details within the galaxy, I hope you like it.

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Celestron 9.25" with 0.7x reducer

ZWO ASI533MC Camera

Astronomik Lum filter

iOptron CEM60 mount

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M81 - Bode's Galaxy, Awni Hafedh