M81/NCG3031/Bode's Nebula M82/NCG 3034/Cigar Galaxy

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M81/NCG3031/Bode's Nebula M82/NCG 3034/Cigar Galaxy

Note from Rebeakh: catch-up post from database transfer. Original poster: rjbokleman, Sat Mar 4
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Work in progress, but figured it was worth sharing for those who attended the first informal remote imaging session on 2/20. Those who attended got to see how the data for this was being captured.

Sadly, my North-Eastern sky is terribly, terribly light polluted making this much harder than it could be. Now with the Moon conflicting I'm going to have to wait until later in the month to continue the acquisition process, but plan on adding 8 more hours - weather permitting.

It's also a nice example of how one can progress in this segment of the hobby. I shot this in 2015 as one of my very first images. This is nice leap forward even with just the 8.7 hours and light pollution.

http://www.astrobin.com/285981/0/

[AndyG]

Ron, Wonderful image! Great job on the processing, congratulations.

[rjbokleman]

Andy,

Thanks. I'm doubtful I'll ever get any IFN given the sky quality I'm dealing with combined with the short exposures required, but we'll see.

Rebekah, thanks for saving this post! I'll just re-add the embedded link to the image to this post as I can't seem to edit the original post above. No worries.

[Pete]

And I recall us talking about a steep learning curve.....

Pete

[DonB]

Yes, Ron, awesome image.

Don

[Chuck]

Very nice image Ron. Look forward to the final result with the added integration time.

[NGC7000]

Looks great, Ron. Looks like you put a lot of nights into this one. Nice capture of the red in M82. You've certainly proven that lots of short exposures do produce quality images.

Tom

[AnnC]

Very nice image. Thanks for sharing it Ron!