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

M81 & M82, thezenithphoenix
M81 & M82
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M81 & M82

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M81 & M82 from a recent trip to Big Bend National Park in Texas, USA, a national dark sky site with Bortle 1 skies. This image is a combination of unfiltered OSC and duo band L-Extreme data. Approximately 6.5 hrs of integration. 59 x 300s subs unfiltered with the ZWO ASI 2600MC-Pro @ 0C, and 18 x 300s with the L-Extreme in the OT.

Stacked the OSC and NB data separately in APP, then used Sequator to align and blend the two, then final edits to levels, curves, vibrance & saturation in PS.

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M81 & M82, thezenithphoenix