M81 and 82 (epidemic of the blighters)

[MartinB]

These 2 seem to be popping up all over the place! After capturing M81 and 82 I wondered about getting a wider field to paste them into so that I could have them in the same image. So on Monday night I used an ED80 with a 0.67 reducer. I did it unguided since I have a collimation screw missing on one of my guide rings and also didn't have much time to set up. This is 42x1min of luminence through a CLS and the same for each RGB - not binned for a change. I added in the Ha starburst detail from M82 to get this -

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Here is the image with my previous M81 pasted on top

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Maybe this is cheating but it's pretty pictures not science. Actually the M81 in the widefield doesn't look too bad in comparison!

[barkis]

Very nice Martin, and cheating is far to harsh a description for exercising a little artistic licence. You did all the work legally, you acquired all the data yourself and all you have done is a bit extra work to make it a better treat for the eye. Not cheating, just a tidy up.

Artists aand artistes do it all the time. So, you aint going to gaol buddy.

Have I convinced you ?

Ron.

[centroid]

That's a very nice composite Martin, and there's now't wrong with combiningh two images like that, which is scientific in itself.

Nice work!!

Dave

[Ant]

Very nice Martin...

They are the sort of images that I was after...

They look great!

Ant

[jgs001]

That composite looks tremendous

[trevboyd]

Very nice, Martin - like the Ha in M82!

Trev

[markcol]

Very nice combination allround Martin!

MarkC

[MartinB]

Thanks a lot guys. It was a lot of fun going back to doing an unguided capture. So much less hassle

[RobH]

That's great Martin

How does one go about pasting into a wider field like that?

Cheers

Rob

[steppenwolf]

I don't think it is cheating - it's all your data so what the heck - a mighty fine shot, especially the M81

[lunator]

Martin

Good Pics. :D

I do like the colour in M82

Cheers

Ian