2023-03-31 M81 Bode's & M82 Cigar Galaxy
The bright Moon ruined my plans to photograph The Elephant's Trunk Nebula this night, so I thought I'd make an attempt at Bode's and Cigar galaxy, even though I only brought my 135mm Takumar.
I had to faff about a little to find them, but there they are!
Enhance!
Not too bad. I'm happy I managed to resolve anything at this resolution, though I had to push the processing pretty hard. I think my focus is slightly off, but oh well, you win some you lose some. Still pretty neat.
Metadata
- Location
- Name: Reksteren, Norway
- Lat Long: 60.04, 05.42
- Datetime: March 31st 2023, 00:30
- Bortle Scale: Class 5
- Moon Phase: 75%
- Moon Azimuth: +40°
- Gear
- Camera: Fujifilm X-T1
- Lens: Pentax Takumar 135mm f/2.5
- Tracking: None/Tripod
- Exposure
- Aperture: f/3.2
- Focal Length: 135mm
- Shutter Speed: 5/1s
- ISO: 3200
- Processing
- Light Frames: 122
- Raw Conversion: RawTherapee
- Stacking: DeepSkyStacker
- Total Exposure: 10min 10s
- Editor: GIMP