Bode's and Cigar Galaxy (M81 & M82)

Equipment:

  • Samyang 135mm @f2.8
  • Fuji X-T5 (unmodified)
  • dual narrowband clip in filter
  • Star Adventurer 2i

Image:

  • 735 x 60s lights @ISO 800
  • 409 x 60s lights narrowband @ISO 3200
  • Bortle 2
  • stacked in Siril
  • BXT, NXT
  • final composition in PS
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5 Comments

bistdunarrisch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Looks really good!

bistdunarrisch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Thank you!

lefty7283@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Always love seeing that IFN dust around them

niktemadur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Look at that red glow on the Cigar Galaxy!
It's not a quasar, no quasar is that recent/near to us.
Is it going through a starburst phase due to gravitational interaction with Bode's Galaxy?