Peter Goodhew
M81
Published in Amateur Astrophotography Magazine Issue 71 December 2019
6h45m total integration (39x300s L, 14x300s R, G and B).
Alcalalí, Spain 24-25/1/2017.
APM TMB 152 F8 LZOS, 10 Micron GM2000HPS, QSI6120wsg8
Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. M81 harbours a supermassive black hole that has the mass 70 million times that of our sun).
Messier 81 is the largest galaxy in the M81 Group, a group of 34 galaxies located in the constellation Ursa Major. At approximately 11.7 million light years from Earth, it makes this group and the Local Group, containing the Milky Way, relative neighbours in the Virgo Supercluster.
M81
Published in Amateur Astrophotography Magazine Issue 71 December 2019
6h45m total integration (39x300s L, 14x300s R, G and B).
Alcalalí, Spain 24-25/1/2017.
APM TMB 152 F8 LZOS, 10 Micron GM2000HPS, QSI6120wsg8
Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. M81 harbours a supermassive black hole that has the mass 70 million times that of our sun).
Messier 81 is the largest galaxy in the M81 Group, a group of 34 galaxies located in the constellation Ursa Major. At approximately 11.7 million light years from Earth, it makes this group and the Local Group, containing the Milky Way, relative neighbours in the Virgo Supercluster.