M 81 NGC 3031
Bode's Galaxy
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Note: This image is brighter then I like my images to be, but to get some of the faint stuff to show up good it needed to be brighter then normal.
Equipment: StarLight SX-694 CCD
camera, Meade 12" RCX400 OTA, Optec Lepus 0.63X Telecompressor and
Paramount MX mount.
Filters:
Astrodon Tru-Balance Gen 2 E Series.
Binning: Luminance 1X1
Red, Green, & Blue 2X2
Times: L 40 x
3 min = 120 min, R 30 x 3 min = 90 min, G 30 x 3 min = 90 min, B 30 x 3 min = 90
min, Total of around 6.5 Hours.
Date:
December 11th. and 12th 2017
Process: Taken with MaxIm DL,
aligned & processed with MaxIm DL, final processing with PaintShop Pro X9
and Photo Shop CS2.
Magnitude: 6.94
Distance: About 12 Million
Light Years
Constellation: Ursa Major ( The Great Bear )
All Photo's taken by me are copy righted, if you would
like to use any please ask for permission. THANKS
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