M81 and M82 galaxies

Object:	Bode's Nebula, M81 and M82 (the Cigar galaxy) at the top left
Date:	January 11, 2003
Equipment:	WO FLT110 at F/4.9 with AP 0.75x reducer, HX916 CCD, G11 mount, ST-4
Exposure:	LRGB 60:30:30:30 minutes, all binned 1x1
Processing:	Photoshop and flat-frame processing applied
Comments:	A bit of a gradient was present due to the half moon illuminating the sky. Click here to see the full resolution image Click here to see a 3x zoomed-in version of M82 extracted from this image Click here to see the old version of the same field with TV101