| OBJECT |
M81 - NGC 3031 (Bode's Galaxy, with faint Holmberg IX to right) (click image for full-scale) Distance: 12 million light years |
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| Telescope | Takahashi TOA-130F @ f/7.7 | |
| Mount | Takahashi EM200 Temma II | |
| Camera | QSI 540wsg @ -15C | |
| Filters | Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2 | |
| Guider | SX Lodestar | |
| Settings | 12x10min L (bin1x1); 4x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, CS4 (slightly cropped, 10xdarks/flats/bias) | |
| Date/Location | 13 February 2013 - Las Cruces, NM Note: My special thanks to Robert Gendler for his expertise in test-processing the data from my QSI camera! |