Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034
M81 and M82, Gerould Kern
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M81 and M82

M81 and M82, Gerould Kern
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M81 and M82

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I shot M81 and M82 a few weeks ago with my William Optics GT81mm, but wanted to test how my Celestron RASA 8 would collect light on these two galaxies. The RASA, of course, is much faster and therefore built up the image with shorter exposures. I am getting better at post-imaging processing, though, and that accounts for much of the improvement.

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M81 and M82, Gerould Kern