The galaxy Messier 81 (M81, NGC 3031, "Bode's Galaxy") in the constellation Ursa Major on
February 25/26, 2014. Messier 81 is about 12 million light years from earth and was discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1774
(source: Wikipedia).
Twenty 3 minute exposures at ISO 800 were added for this shot with the DeepSkyStacker software (resulting in a 1 hour and 5 minutes exposure)
and the final image processing was done in Photoshop.
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Equipment: Canon EOS 450D Baader modified camera, TeleVue Paracorr Type II coma corrector,
16" f/4.5 "Ninja" dobsonian telescope riding on a dual-axis Tom Osypowski equatorial platform,
Lacerta MGEN autoguider, Lacerta off axis system (field of view comparison:
image of the moon with the same equipment).
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