Bode´s Galaxy - M 81 / NGC 3031

RA Center: 09h55m33s.290

DEC Center: +69°04′01″.67

Date: Februar 26. 2023

Location: Braunschweig / Germany (52°14’40.2“N - 10°30’20.8“E)

Telescope: Meade LX200 ACF 8" OTA

  • Aperture: 203.2 mm
  • Focal length: 2032 mm

Recording camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Exposure time: 5h 25´

Frames:

R: 55 x 60″
G: 55 x 60″
B: 55 x 60″

Ha: 16 x 600″

Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Skylum Luminar AI


Galaxy M 81 in the constellation Ursa Major (Great Bear) was discovered by German astronomer Johan Elert Bode on December 31, 1774 and is about 12 million light-years from Earth.