8 Bode Cigar Garland HaLRGB

Target:Bode's Cigar and Garland Galaxies (M81 M82 NGC3077) in the Constellation of Ursa Major, about 12 million light years away.

 

Location:16,17/3/21 St Helens UK Bortle 8, 13% moon.

 

Aquisition:18x 180s Red, 18x 180s Green, 20x 180s Blue, 60x 60s Lum, 18x 600s Ha. Total integration 6h 48m.

 

Equipment:Imaging: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED, HEQ5 Pro, Zwo ASI1600MM Pro, EFW, HaLRGB, LPro.

Guiding: Skywatcher 9x50 Finder with ZWO ASI120MM.

 

Software:Capture: NINA, EQMod, PHD2.

Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop, Siril, Starnet++.

Done