M81 and M82 with IFN HaLRGB (Steven Gill (Parkesburg Observatory))

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Bode's Galaxy · Cigar Galaxy · M 81 · M 82 · NGC 2976 · NGC 3031 · NGC 3034 · NGC 3077

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M81 and M82 with IFN HaLRGB

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M81 and M82 with IFN HaLRGB

I have so much to learn in processing. Once I think I have something down, another problem comes up. Isn't that the best though, when you are constantly challenged?

I recently acquired a Fra500 to serve a few purposes:
1. Go wider as my only scope before this was an Edge 11 and not make every large nebula a mosiac
2. Have a more portable setup for dark sites
3. Using above to be a bit easier than constantly guiding 2000mm

First light is this photo, though I did take a quick break to point it at Rosette and capture a measly 72 minutes on it (though it is quite an impressive result for such short time)

Anyhow, I think I gathered enough for now, though I certainly want to try and reprocess this, or gather more data. I shoot in B5 skies, so while not impossible to get IFN, it was a challenge. I used many reference pictures to make sure I wasn't inventing data, so I think I did ok, but we can always use more integration time. The issue I had was trying to keep the galaxies nice while highlighting the IFN. I think with more practice (and data) I can do even better:

L 128x2180s Gain 100
R 62x180s Gain 100
G 62x180s Gain 100
B 59x 180s Gain 100
Ha 37x300s Gain 100

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	5757713
PixInsight job	56JW02H53JWZ2YRJPM4A1SL241J2WICA
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	09h55m32s.93
RA (top/left)	10h05m28s.71
RA (top/right)	10h05m16s.95
RA (bottom/right)	09h44m22s.80
RA (bottom/left)	09h46m56s.71

Dec (center)	+69°03′37″.0
Dec (top/left)	+67°45′40″.10
Dec (top/right)	+70°24′25″.0
Dec (bottom/right)	+70°19′04″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	+67°40′59″.9

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