The Cigar Galaxy- Messier 81 (Lum data only 17.4hrs)

[Mr_42tr0nomy]

Greetings! SO this is a new image I've been working on. I completed my m81 image mid december and felt that doing its partner justice seemed... well... appropriate lol. This is 17.5 hours of data out of 20. I plan on grabbing 6 hours of RBG data each to total 38hrs. THIS TIME ILL TAKE FLAT FRAMES! This is a quick 10 minute edit just to give you all the jist of how it may look.

Just wanted to post this as a WIP Hope you all enjoy

Equipment: iOptron CEM60, AT8RC, Atik 414ex, Astrodon LRGB, QHY5L-ii autoguider

 

[david_taurus83]

Lol "Only" 17.4 hours! About 3 months worth of clear sky here in UK

[Mr_42tr0nomy]

haha what i mean was "Lum data only" -  17hrs. But yes, we get lucky here in CO with clear skies. you can count on it being clear almost every night.. besides tonight of course

[morimarty]

I'll look forward to seeing the full lrgb image also not forgetting the Ha as well. you are off to a great startso far.

[Mr_42tr0nomy]

1 hour ago, morimarty said:

I'll look forward to seeing the full lrgb image also not forgetting the Ha as well. you are off to a great startso far.

Yes, plan on getting 15 or so hours of Ha (Here's to 30 mins subs )