Last image from the Dwarf Mini. Here is (right to left) #NGC3077 #Galaxy / #M81 #BodesGalaxy. #M82 barely is there at the top. #dwarflabs #dwarfmini #space #astronomy #amateur

#M81 and #M82 - A lucky shot, to be honest. I couldn't aim very well with the old ball head, and I was very surprised when I saw the two galaxies in the finished image.

Total exposure time approx. 1.5 hours with 210 mm/f3.5 on Pentax K30 & #barndoortracker.

#astrophotography #astronomy #budgetastronomy #budgetastrophotography #galaxy

Last image of the night for the Dwarf Mini. Another observation of #M81 #BodesGalaxy. To the left side you can see #NGC3077 #Galaxy. #dwarflabs #dwarfmini #space #astronomy #amateur
Went to reimage #M82 #TheCigarGalaxy. Had a guess appearance by #M81 #BodesGalaxy. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur
Last image for the night for the Dwarf Mini. Here is #M81 - #BodesGalaxy. #dwarflabs #dwarfmini #space #astronomy #amateur
The Cigar Galaxy M 82 above Bode's Galaxy M81. About 12 million light years away. #astrophotography #seestar #m81 #m82

I was "developing" a shot of #M81 and #M82 when I started to get side-tracked and got curious about those nifty #Siril scripts. Notably, the #Galaxy Annotation script. And oh boy, is it marvelous.

Here is a picture of M81 and M82, and _a lot_ of other stuff ... mostly blotches, but still... those are some exceptionally old photons!

Question; is this really what we are seeing here?

Warning: _LARGE_ (as in 9k Pixels in height) picture.

#astrodon #astrophotography #seestar #seestars50

The Cigar Galaxy M82 above, and Bode's Galaxy M81 below, with the inevitable satellite trail. About 12 million light years away (not the satellite). #astrophotography #seestar #m81 #m82