| Object: |
|
M81
(left), and M82
(right) in the constellation of Ursa Major |
| Coordinates: |
|
M81:
RA
= 09h 55.6m, DEC = +69° 04' --- M82: RA
= 09h 55.9m, DEC = +69° 41' |
| Telescope: |
|
Televue
NP-101 (4-inch f/5.4 APO refractor)
|
| Mount: |
|
Losmandy
G11 German
Equatorial |
| Guide
Scope: |
|
Stellarvue
S80/9D refractor supported by a Robin Casady TGAD (Tandem Guidescope
Aiming Device) |
| Guide
Camera: |
|
Orion
StarShoot AutoGuider & PHD guiding
software |
| Imaging
Camera: |
|
QSI-583ws
|
| Filters/Exposures: |
|
Astrodon LRGBHa --- Six 10-minute Luminance
exposures (bin 1x1); six 5-minute RGB (bin 2x2); six 10-minute Ha (bin
1x1) stacked in
MaximDL and
processed in Photoshop CS6. |
| Shooting
Location: |
|
Staunton River
Star Party in Halifax County, VA. (A very nice star party
hosted by The Chapel Hill
Astronomical Observation Society, and the Staunton River State Park).
|
| Date/Time: |
|
9
March 2013 |
| Comments: |
|
These
two galaxies are
about 12 million light years away. |
