Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034  ·  NGC 3077
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M81 & M82 ... and IFN, +quasar2
M81 & M82 ... and IFN
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M81 & M82 ... and IFN

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M81 & M82 ... and IFN, +quasar2
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M81 & M82 ... and IFN

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Image taken in August 2023.
Obviously not the best period for this target : ursus constellation being very low, light pollution is stronger and atmosphere layer doesn't help either. As a result, images from one the initial three night sessions are unusable.
Because of these conditions, I used a light pollution filter which led me to many trials in order to get back the original galaxies colors on photoshop.
After the 1st session, I was unable to get proper Ha jets  from M82 center, that's why I had to make  a 2nd session with 60s frames.

To sum up : it wasn't a piece of cake 

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M81 & M82 ... and IFN, +quasar2