The area around M81 and M82, captured at SRO between Nov 2014 and Jan 2015. I have tried to make the IFN (Integrated Flux Nebula) the main feature of the image for better or worse
I find these dusty images particularly difficult to process and I have done a few versions already. Feedback is appreciated as always.
Scope: FSQ-106ED
Mount: Paramount ME
Camera: QSI683
Filters: Astrodon Gen II LRGB
Guiding: QSI OAG + Lodestar
Image scale: 2.094 arcsec/pixel
Exposures: 48x900s L, 20x900s R, 14x900s G, 16x900s B (24.5 hours)
Processing: PixInsight 1.8
High res versions here:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/169239/0/
Cheers,
Rick.