M81 and M82

[Stevec35]

Still troubled with a recalcitrant FSQ106 I currently have little else to do but resort to the northern hemisphere. Here's my latest effort, the galaxies M81 and M82. I blended in 5 hours of Ha to bring out the hydrogen emission which worked out reasonably successfully I think. There is a lot of galactic cirrus in this region but you have to go pretty deep to get it. This will be the last northern object for a while as I'm not getting the telescope back until the end of April.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/m81_m82_Maknewt_QSI.htm

[TrevorW]

Nicely processed although a but tight in frame

[Stevec35]

Thanks Trevor. Possibly could have positioned the galaxies slightly better.

[Paul Haese]

Looks interesting for colour. I really like the Ha in the image.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Paul. I've been having a look at some other m81 and m82 images and frankly I think the only good thing about this one is the Ha. Not sure what went wrong. A reprocess is definitely in the works.