Bode's Galaxy (M81) and Friends

Designation
Location - Date - Time
Object Type
Coordinates
Exposure
Camera
Optics
Mount
Software
Conditions
Description
Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major
09h 31m 55.6' +69° 04''
20 X 5 minute frames with 30 flats and darks ISO 1600.
Canon 350D modified by Hap.
Orion Atlas mount Guided with Astro IIDC through Meade SN-6" with I.S. DMK 21AF04.AS
Nebulosity for capture and stacking, Photoshop CS2 for post processing
Transparency , Seeing , Temperature +50 °F
Orion 80ED, WO 0.8 FR, with Astronomik CLS Filter
Massapoag Pond Observatory Lunenburg, MA - Mar. 12th 2008 @ 8:00 PM EST
Notes
M81 and M82
M81_3_08