Thread: M81 and M82 through the mist
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Old 03-04-2015, 04:03 PM
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Yes, wonderful work !

The faint nebulosity is definitely real. I just grabbed some archive IR survey data from the WISE mission at 12 microns (Band 3) near M81 which matches your image pretty well.
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