Observation by Peter Tickner: - BAA Image Library

Observation by Peter Tickner:

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 Jan 15 - 00:58

Uploaded

2020 Jan 23 - 01:03

Objects

M82
M81

Equipment

ZWO ASI071 MC Pro CMOS camera
Riccardi 0.75 reducer
TS 130mm triplet APO refractor
EQ6 Mount
Autoguided off-axis with ZWO ASI120MM

Exposure

13x300seconds at unity gain

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

M81 and M82

About this image

Early experiment using a new colour CMOS camera with my 130mm triplet APO refractor to see how it fared on two well-known galaxies. Despite only using an IR Cut filter there is evidence of the active H Alpha region around the central area of M82.

Files associated with this observation

baaccM81 M82 13x5m at 225gain 4thflats+ darks maxback-Edit.png (1.8 MB)

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