Observation by Alun Halsey: Messiers 81 and 82

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2016 Nov 06 - 04:13

Uploaded

2016 Nov 10 - 17:24

Objects

M82
M81

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 09^h55^m
Dec: +69°23'
Position angle: -99°07'

Field size

1°11' × 0°47'

Equipment

Esprit 150 ED Apo Triplet (f7)
1000D dslr with IR filter removed
2" UHC filter
EQ6 Pro mount
60mm refractor,QHY5L-II and PHD2

Exposure

15 minutes at ISO1600

Location

Berkshire UK

Target name

Widefield M81 and M82

Title

Messiers 81 and 82

About this image

Captured 3 subframes at 15 minutes apiece,stacked and dark frame calibrated in Deepskystacker. Processing in Photoshop,on trying to bring out detail in M81 I was blowing out the smaller galaxy M82,so using Lasso tool to select it allowing me to bring the brightness levels down.

Files associated with this observation

M81-and-M82-3x15min.jpg (223.6 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, Tom Moran, Nick Hewitt, Peter Carson, Andrew Paterson

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