M81 and M82

    Exposure Details
    Lens APM 130mm
    Focal Length 780mm
    Focal Ratio F6
     
    Mount Takahashi NJP Temma2
    Guiding Orion Magnificient Mini Autoguider
     
    Camera Canon 1000D Full Spectrum Modified
    Exposure 49 lights at 300 seconds each - 4.08 hrs. total exposure
    Calibration 30 darks, no flats, 100 bias <---- This was just a test
     
    Date March 29th and 30th of the year 2014
    Temperature 15 degrees C
    SQM Reading Bortle 2
    Seeing Great
    Location Comanche Springs Astronomy Campus - Crowell, TX
     
    Software Used Backyard EOS, Deep Sky Stacker, PixInsight, PHD Guiding
    Notes This image was acquired as a project to image supernova 2014J in M82


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