Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031  ·  PGC 2724146  ·  PGC 2726822  ·  PGC 28505  ·  PGC 28529  ·  PGC 28757  ·  PGC 28848
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M81, Torben van Hees
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M81 is grand design spiral galaxy and probably needs no further explanation. In the frame you can find its companion galaxy Holmberg IX and I made visible some IFN. I had planned on gathering much more data but unfortunately weather cancelled that plan. For full disclosure: There was a terrible light leak from the ZWO tilting plate of the ASI2600 that I only realised after stacking. I am not sure how you are supposed to tilt with this thing, since it leaks light as soon as you move the bolts. It was in the upper right of the image, and I retouched it with Photoshop (my first time for my astrophotos).

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M81, Torben van Hees

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