M81 Bodes Galaxy

[pale grail]

Around 7 hours of 6 minute exposures, taken earlier last week
Altair 26C
EdgeHD8@F10 | EQ6R-PRO + Celestron OAG
Acquisition: APT4.4 | PHD2 | GSS
Processed in PixInsight

[coral scarab]

so so nice

The star color is satisfying, one of the superpowers I've seen from edgehds

[slender matrix]

One of the most aesthetically pleasing m81's I've seen!

[lost violet]

Really neat detail on the dust lanes

[cedar pike]

Emailed raw

[coral scarab]

7 hours? What bortle are you? I'm actually really liking the small scale details, the seeing must've been incredible.

[pale grail]

Thanks! Bortle 5. It's taken a while to tweak the telescope setup to the point I get stars I'm mostly happy with. It also helps that the IMX571 OSC cameras are pretty good in terms of noise (or relative lack of). Seeing here is generally abysmal, so this kind of image is definitely possible almost anywhere

[pale grail]

thanks!

[pale grail]

thanks! I use masked stretch in PixInsight to keep as much colour as I can in the stars, but this can also show up flaws pretty badly if they're there