M81 - M82

Just a quick image taken last night under some clear skies. 10 x 10 minute exposures, 8"EDF refractor, STL11K camera. Image is 60% size.

Hope to get more clear nights for imaging the background flux. It is barely visible in this quick assemblage, but too much noise to see it well.

Rolando

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And a full res crop of M82, upsized to 1.33x to better show the core details.

Rolando

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M82 at full resolution (don't know why the previous versions were so dark on my monitor.)

Rolando

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Can't wait to see the completed image.

Hi Roland,
Another great shot...Lots of detail there, agree with Floyd can't wait to see more... What is the focal length/ratio of this instrument? Dave

Thank you all for your comments. I was hoping to shoot more images of this pair, but it looks like we are in for a week of rain and clouds. And more cold weather :C

Rolando