ScienceDownEast - ScienceDownEast Astrophotography - M081 Bode's Galaxy (Latest images)

M81, M82 and NGC 3077 (M081 Bode's Galaxy)

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:50:04 -0300

M82 Cigar Galaxy and M81 Bode's Galaxy and NCG 3077.1 hour 40 min total integration.

Exposure	5*1200sec
ISO	800
Camera	Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
Optics	Skywatcher Esprit 120mm
Capture	KStars on an Odroid-N2
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2021-03-17
Processing	Processed in PixInsight and Lightroom.

Date: March 26, 2025

M81 and M82 Bode's Galaxy (M081 Bode's Galaxy)

Thu, 28 May 2020 21:27:45 -0300

M81 and M82 Bode's Galaxy (Yet Again). 13 hours exposure. I guess I have to go to 24 hours to see any improvement. :) I can convince myself that I see hints of extended gas region streaming from the Cigar Nebula (M82).

Exposure	158*300 sec
ISO	800
Camera	Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
Optics	Skywatcher Esprit 120mm
Filter	Triad Ultra Quad Narrow band filte
Capture	KStars on an Odroid-N2
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2020-07-03
Processing	Processed in PixInsight and Lightroom.
PixInsight	Dynamic Background Extraction, BackgroundNeutralization, ColourCalibration, MultiscaleLinearTransform, ArcsinhStretch, AtrousWaveletTransform.

Date: March 26, 2025

M81 Bodes Galaxy (M081 Bode's Galaxy)

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 16:48:32 -0300

M81 Bodes Galaxy. The guiding failed during this run.
Exposure 59@ 120/300 sec sub frames
ISO 800
Camera Nikon D800 [7360 x 4912]
Optics Prime focus of a 10" Meade SCT f/10, 2500 mm focal length on a Celestron CGEM DX mount.
Location Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date 2018-05-14
Processing Captured using Kstars EKOS 2.9.5 and indilib v1.7.0. Processed in PixInsight and tweaked in Lightroom.

Date: March 26, 2025