M81 Bode's Galaxy LRGB

[frant]

Been a while, it has been a shocking year for imaging.
This is a repro of some data from February, been working on some processing here and there whilst putting together a new widefield rig, perhaps that's why the weather has been so bad

Imaged 24th, 26th and 27th February 2019, near Cambridge UK.

Image Details:
14 hours 20 mins total exposure.
27 x 600s Red 1x1 (4 hours 30mins)
24 x 600s Green 1x1 (4 hours)
35 x 600s Blue 1x1 (5 hours 50mins)

Scope - Altair Astro Wave Series 115mm Refractor, Planostar 1.0x field flattener for focal length of 805mm @ F7.
Sensor - Atik 383l+ Mono CCD + Baader RGB filters. -20degC.
Scale - 1.37 arcsec/pixel.

Mount - Altair Astro Pier mounted iOptron CEM60.
Guiding - Lodestar X2 and SX OAG with PHD2.
Sequence Generator Pro and PixInsight.

Thanks for looking.

[goldstar]

Sometimes you just have to say that that's a shockingly good image in one year of shocking conditions!
If I could have shot such an (only) image in a year I would be well pleased.

[j.gardavsky]

Amazing capture with great contrast and colors, and the Holmberg nicely came out!

Thank you for sharing,
JG

[Astrovetteman]

Hey Richard! That's AWESOME....really GREAT image!!
Very Well Done!!!!
Tom

[Steveinit]

This is gorgeous. Awesome image! Thank you!!

[ic_1101]

Beautiful image Richard! Really well done.

[bladekeeper]

Nice repro, Richard!

Yes sir, it has been quite shocking all around. Imaging and visual.

[MariusD69]

Looks amazing! Great work, Richard!!

[Juno16]

That is a really beautiful image of a wonderful target. Fine job!

Jim