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Submitted: April 2, 2012
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Make:Canon
Model:Canon EOS 1000D unfiltered
Shutter Speed:21050/1 second
Aperture:F/3.7
Focal Length:387 mm
ISO Speed:800
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M81 M82 and IFNby *ZeSly

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Weather and Sky

M81 and M82 are two famous galaxies that lies in the Ursa Major. A target of choice for beginners in astronomy. You should already know them, there are already in my gallery. In the lower left of the image you can also see NGC3077, a smaller galaxy.

The goal of this acquisition was the faint dust that lies mostly in right half of the image. This a very faint reflective nebula that actually lies in a large part of the sky, from the north celestial pole to Ursa Major, the integrated flux nebula (IFN) A somewhat difficult target for a DSLR and this is my second attempt at capturing it.

50 exposures of 7 minutes.
Camera : Canon EOS 1000D unfiltered
Telescope : Takahashi FSQ-106ED refractor.
Mount : Takahashi EM-200 USD3.
Guiding : Orion Starshoot Autoguider on a William Optic Zenithstar 66SD refractor.
Outside temperature : 2°C
Sensor temperature : 11°C
Humidity : 80-90%
Software : auto-guiding and acquisition with MaximDL, processing with Iris.
Location : L'Epine, France

Critique by ~RayM0506 Apr 16, 2012, 8:06:06 PM

This is by far the BEST image I have seen of this area of space! I did not even know the IFN existed! The depth and detail of this image is like nothing I have ever seen. The contrast between the galaxies and the nebulosity adds a certain 3d quality to the image. The detail in the nebula is fantastic. The interaction between the galaxies and the nebula REALLY makes this image pop. The fact that this was done with a DSLR gives me hope that I can one day take images of this quality! Very well done and look forward to seeing more images!

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~josharts529 Mar 18, 2013

dang i tryed to find those with my 70mm refractor but couldn't find em eh oh well

*ZeSly Mar 19, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

Not sure you can find them with only 70mm. I should be hard.

~ryogalovesukyo Mar 10, 2013

nice telescope

*ZeSly Mar 11, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

thanks

~RayM0506 Apr 16, 2012 Hobbyist Artist

I did not even know the IFN was there! This is a FANTASTIC image! Very VERY well done!

*ZeSly Apr 17, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

~VeTeRiLu Apr 4, 2012

So unique!!!!

Amazing capture!

*ZeSly Apr 5, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Thanks !!

~VeTeRiLu Apr 5, 2012

anytime!!

=JoergJohannMueller Apr 4, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Wonderful capture. M81 and M82 are some really beautiful galaxies that are easy to observe, but to capture their spiral structures is something total different. You really do a wonderful job! Perfect!

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