Bode's Galaxy M81

 Posted: Mar 31st, 2022
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Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: Sky-Watcher BKP2001
Camera: Nikon D5300
Mount: HEQ5PRO SynScan GoTo
Software: DSS, FitsWork4, Photoshop
Accessories: Корректор комы SharpStar 0.95x
Exposure:
81 x 10" ISO/Gain: 1250
Orange zoneLight Pollution:
 Ussuriysk, Russia
 Mar 28th, 2022
14 m
1766
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.
Resolution: 5465x3648 px
Scale: 23713 KB
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The background could use some work, and the black balance has shifted heavily towards green.
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