M81 & M82 Widefield (Dennis Sprinkle)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Bode's galaxy · Bode's nebulae · Cigar galaxy · M 81 · M 82 · NGC 2959 · NGC 2961 · NGC 2976 · NGC 3031 · NGC 3034 · NGC 3077

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M81 & M82 Widefield

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M81 & M82 Widefield

Widefield image of M81 and M82 Galaxies with surrounding galaxies and integrate flux nebula shot with my QHY128C one shot color camera. I shot some shorter exposures at 120s and added it to this because I am used to doing that with my previous cameras, but honestly the dynamic range is so large on this camera I really didn't need to do it.

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(49) Subs @ 120secs - 1x1 @ Gain 2200

(102) Subs @ 300secs - 1x1 @ Gain 2200

Camera : QHYCCD QHY128C

Telescope: William Optics GT102 W_0.8x Reducer Flattener

Mount: AP Mach1GTO

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Description: Here is a version showing a little more detail in M81 and M82.

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RA (center)	09h56m49s.99
RA (top/left)	10h08m33s.87
RA (top/right)	10h09m59s.25
RA (bottom/right)	09h43m19s.86
RA (bottom/left)	09h45m31s.17

Dec (center)	+69°15′59″.9
Dec (top/left)	+67°40′25″.2
Dec (top/right)	+70°49′51″.0
Dec (bottom/right)	+70°47′49″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	+67°39′02″.9

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