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Bodes & Cigar Galaxies
M81 & M82
Object
Type Galaxy
Constellation Ursa Major
Distance 12,000,000 ly
More Info
Image
Date 28 Jan 2011 (Winter)
Place Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA
Exposure Data 30 Min One shoot color
ISO 1600, 6x300s
Notes Shoot in RAW, Dark subtracted
Equipment
Optics Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor
Focal Length 530mm @f/5
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera Canon 30D
Focuser Robo-Focus
Filters
Software CCDStack, Photoshop