M81 and M82 - first attempt at IFN!

[VilleM]

Hello folks, this is me latest image. In the spring Ursa Major is very high in the sky so I can shoot it all night long. We have had some terrible weather lately but now it seems to be clearing up, for this image I shot a total of 38 hours of LRGB and Ha. C&C welcome as always!

Larger version can be seen here: https://www.evenfall.space/post/gems-of-ursa-major

[alan potts]

That's got to be one of the best images of this I have seen, 38 hours, that's almost a whole day. Out of interest how long did it take you, I know you have very long nights up there and not so many clear ones.

Alan

[VilleM]

Thank you Alan! I started this project on the first of January and I took photos for it in 11 nights, last exposures I took 4th of March. I had to delete some data sets that had high clouds on them. On the downside of having long nights in the winter there is no astronomical darkness in the summer at all, so its a double-edged sword I think.

[jetstream]

Excellent!