M 81

Dietmar · #1 31-01-2009, 04:17 AM

hi guys,

it's been a while since my last post...
my dayjob and other issues kept me quite busy these days,...weeks almost.
nevertheless, I was lucky to find 2 decent nights and time for imaging, too!
M81 was the target. 8.5 hours is not perfectly much total exp. time, but enough for an image at least.

the best part was, it has gotten featured on Universe Today.
http://tinyurl.com/almjp3
within this story by Tammy Plottner you will also find a nice overview taken by Karel Teuwen.

please find all data and my image taken with the 9" TMB And the Starlight Xpress H16, driven with AA4 on my website:
http://www.stargazer-observatory.com/m81.html

please make sure to see the full size version as well:
http://www.stargazer-observatory.com/81-full.html

thanks for looking!
regards,
Dietmar

Enchilada · #2 31-01-2009, 04:51 AM

Dietmar
Oh my... what a great shot. Very impressive.

troypiggo (Troy) · #3 31-01-2009, 07:48 AM

Congratulations on the feature! Well deserved!

Garyh · #4 31-01-2009, 08:34 AM

That is one gorgeous shot Dietz!
Congrads on getting it on Universe Today!

cheers Gary

Alchemy (Clive) · #5 31-01-2009, 09:34 AM

beautiful

renormalised (Carl) · #6 31-01-2009, 12:31 PM

Great work, as per usual

Nice shot, Dietz

AlexN · #7 31-01-2009, 01:30 PM

As fantastic as ever Dietz.. I reckon I'd give my soul for a 9" TMB APO

lesbehrens (Les) · #8 31-01-2009, 03:43 PM

very nice

strongmanmike (Michael) · #9 31-01-2009, 03:49 PM

Diety Diety Diety!!!!!! Man that's as good an M81 as I have seen and only with a 9"

It really is a grand galaxy....

Mike

Kevnool (Kev) · #10 31-01-2009, 04:10 PM

Beautifull image Dietz ....Cheers Kev.

leon · #11 31-01-2009, 04:29 PM

Man, that is impressive, wonderful imaging.

Leon

Matty P (Matt) · #12 31-01-2009, 05:14 PM

Awesome work Dietz.

monoxide · #13 31-01-2009, 06:12 PM

amazing as always Dietz, thanks for sharing

Hagar (Doug) · #14 31-01-2009, 06:56 PM

Lovely image of a very beautiful galaxy. Well done.

Dietmar · #15 31-01-2009, 07:21 PM

...thanks everyone for the nice feedback!

alan meehan (Alan) · #16 31-01-2009, 11:54 PM

RB (Andrew) · #17 01-02-2009, 11:40 AM

Now that just blew me away Dietmar !!!

Stunning to say the least.

Congrats on the UT feature too.

richardo (Rich) · #18 02-02-2009, 05:16 PM

Diets,
the full size version is simply stunning.!!
I think this would be one of your best to date.
Mind you there are quite a few that I can recall

Great colour and well worth the time invested.

Always the way with this hobby.... just a little more data needed and then I could have ..... and always the weather puts a hold on our great inspirations.

Oh, such is life.

Well done and thanks for sharing...

All the best
Rich

Dietmar · #19 04-02-2009, 06:52 AM

thanks Richardo!
I agree - it is one of my very best so far.

gregbradley · #20 04-02-2009, 07:47 AM

Thats a stunner Diets. You really caught a lot of sharp detail that you don't normally see.

Greg.