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M81 - Bode's Galaxy
This is an image of M81, also known as Bode's Galaxy. It is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
Copyright 2013 Bernard Miller
February 16 - March 14, 2013
Location: Rancho Hidalgo, NM
Telescope: TEC-140 (F7)
Camera: SBIG ST-8300M
Mount: AP900 GTO
Luminance: 24x20 minutes (unbinned)
Red: 10x15 minutes (binned 2x2)
Green: 10x15 minutes (binned 2x2)
Blue: 10x15 minutes (binned 2x2)
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Comment by Bernard Miller on May 4, 2013 at 2:07pm
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Thanks Guys for all your responses. I never thought I would get an APOD, but I had a perfect storm of great seeing and over 16 hours of data.
Bernard
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Comment by Scott Gauer on May 4, 2013 at 9:01am
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Great catch!
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Comment by Charles Dunlop on April 18, 2013 at 5:01pm
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amazing shot.
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Comment by Trevor Woodrow on April 16, 2013 at 8:53pm
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Congrats Bernard, just saw it on APOD! Beautiful pic
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Comment by Kevin Galka on April 16, 2013 at 2:45pm
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Incredible shot Bernard! Nice going on the APOD :)
Kevin
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Comment by Marc Basti on April 16, 2013 at 3:20am
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Bernard, congrats on the APOD! That is one beauty of a pic, well deserved. Marc
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Thanks Erik. I got five of the best seeing days I have had in a long time on this one. ALmost 18 hours of data, all of it excellent.
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Comment by Erik larsen on March 29, 2013 at 11:39pm
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Man thats deep and well processed , excellent work.
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pretty awesome. the data quality is really impressive.
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Comment by Clas Gripenberg on March 29, 2013 at 8:22am
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Fabulous image!
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