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Bode's Galaxy M81

Max_astro
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Category:Deep Sky
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Bode's Galaxy M81NGC 3031
Resolution:
5465x3648 px
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Photo description / processing

M81, also known as Bode's Galaxy. Captured on March 28 while testing the ZWO ASI AIR PLUS. Shot through a Sky-Watcher bkp2001 telescope on an HEQ-5 PRO mount with a SharpStar 0.95x coma corrector on a Nikon D5300. The total integration is modest. Stacked 81 frames at 10 seconds each, ISO 1250. Total integration time: 13.5 minutes. Separately, without the ASI AIR, I captured darks and biases, converted them to FITS using PIPP to stack with the lights, but DSS started complaining about mismatched image sizes (even though they were the same) and so on. As a result, only the light frames were stacked, without calibration frames.

Technical information

Telescope/Lens
Sky-Watcher BKP2001
Camera
Nikon D5300
Mount
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro
Accessories
Sharpstar 0.95x MPCC
Software
DeepSkyStacker, Fitswork4, Adobe Photoshop
Location
Уссурийск, Россия

Light pollution

Orange, Bortle 6 zone

Date taken

Exposure

  • 81 × 10″ · ISO/Gain: 1250 ·

Total exposure: 14 m

Comments

hiparon
The background could use some work, and the black balance has shifted heavily towards green.
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