Bode's Nebula: Messier 81
An nearby spiral galaxy, only 12 million light-years distant. The active nucleus harbors a supermassive black hole , estimated at 70 million times as massive as our Sun.
This was a test to see what this camera would show of deep-sky objects.
ZWO ASI290mm camera, Explore Scientific 3x Barlow lens, Optolong CLS filter, Explore Scientific ED 80 APO refractor, Celestron Advanced VX EQ mount.
21 45-sec frames
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker, dark frames applied
Post-processing with Photoshop CC 2017.
Bode's Nebula: Messier 81
An nearby spiral galaxy, only 12 million light-years distant. The active nucleus harbors a supermassive black hole , estimated at 70 million times as massive as our Sun.
This was a test to see what this camera would show of deep-sky objects.
ZWO ASI290mm camera, Explore Scientific 3x Barlow lens, Optolong CLS filter, Explore Scientific ED 80 APO refractor, Celestron Advanced VX EQ mount.
21 45-sec frames
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker, dark frames applied
Post-processing with Photoshop CC 2017.