Observation by Mike Greenhill-Hooper: M82 in close up

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Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observer

Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observed

2022 Jul 06 - 01:00

Uploaded

2022 Jul 08 - 15:57

Objects

M82

Equipment

Telescope: 20" f/4 Obsession Dobsonian
ASI294MM Pro CMOS camera with LRGB & 7nm H-alpha filters

Exposure

4x5min live stacks (2s exposures) at gain 450 at -15C for LRGB filters, 4x11min live stacks for H-alpha filter

Location

Miradoux, S.W. France

Target name

M82

Title

M82 in close up

About this image

M82 not best placed and 36% moon off to the left (west) managing to peep through light shroud. Significant gradients and field rotation made cropping essential. In the end I was quite pleased with the image, although I should have captured more H-alpha data.

Files associated with this observation

HaLRGBAF8&9lightcolourblended-gigapixel-art-height-3894px.jpg (1.1 MB)

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