Bode's Galaxy (M81) and the Cigar Galaxy (M82)

[AMcD]

I have only begun this year to make serious attempts at imaging galaxies, having been overly obsessed with emission nebula in the past.  This is my further attempt at M81 and M82, representing 20 hours of 180 second integrations captured under Bortle 5 skies using a QHY8 OSC attached to a TS152 achromatic refractor, mounted on a Losmandy G11 and guided with PHD2.   The image comprises a combination of 10 hours of integrations taken without a filter, and 10 hours of integrations take through an Optolong L-Pro.  The data was captured using SGPro and processed in Photoshop.  Thanks for looking and constructive criticism welcome.😀

M81_L_Filter_Stack_20hrs_FinalLightBG.tif

Edited April 25, 2022 by AMcD
Version with neutral sky background added.