Wednesday, 30 January 2008

Galaxies M81 and M82, in Urse Major


After some weeks of rain, storm and clouds and having got my guide camera back from repair, after breaking it yet again, I rushed down to the dome when I saw that the Cloud God had gone away to annoy someone else.

Taken with the H9C in the 80ED and the Meade 6.3 FR, guided, quite well this time too, by the 14", and an exposure of 85 mins in 5 min subs.

Lots of noise caused by the heavy hazy sky which also turned the half Moon quite yellow. But you've got to try at every opportunity.

Processed in AA4, PS7 and Paint Shop Pro10.

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