Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  MQ J095259.62+690745.1  ·  MQ J095316.06+690002.1  ·  MQ J095317.61+690642.9  ·  MQ J095336.38+690542.3  ·  MQ J095351.60+690249.3  ·  MQ J095405.35+684927.1  ·  MQ J095449.42+690444.6  ·  MQ J095501.20+691444.8  ·  MQ J095502.60+685900.3  ·  MQ J095508.94+685723.1  ·  MQ J095509.76+690407.6  ·  MQ J095511.82+690249.8  ·  MQ J095515.69+685428.4  ·  MQ J095521.88+690637.6  ·  MQ J095525.13+690113.3  ·  MQ J095532.08+690037.9  ·  MQ J095532.97+685811.9  ·  MQ J095547.01+690551.1  ·  MQ J095551.82+690739.4  ·  MQ J095552.62+690434.0  ·  MQ J095554.93+690056.1  ·  MQ J095556.52+690802.9  ·  MQ J095557.54+690454.9  ·  MQ J095600.15+690531.1  ·  MQ J095606.06+690833.2  ·  MQ J095619.84+690113.4  ·  MQ J095627.42+690109.8  ·  MQ J095630.77+691525.1  ·  And 66 more.
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M 81 "Bode's Galaxy", Bernd Limburg
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M 81 "Bode's Galaxy"

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M 81 "Bode's Galaxy"

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Description

This is first light of my brand new TS Ritchey-Chrétien 10". With 0.8x reducer and an effective FL of 1620 mm a great telescope for galaxies!

M 81 or Bode's Galaxy is located in Ursa Major aka Big Dipper and is one of the larger neighbors of our own galaxy in about 12 million lightyears distance.

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    M 81 "Bode's Galaxy", Bernd Limburg
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    M 81 "Bode's Galaxy", Bernd Limburg
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    M 81 "Bode's Galaxy", Bernd Limburg
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B

Description: Removed the blue/purple cast in the image background.

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C

Description: Added another 3 h of exposure time, now 6 h total. The increased SNR it helped to develop better the fainter structures like Holmberg IX and the outer regions of M 81 itself.

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M 81 "Bode's Galaxy", Bernd Limburg