We finally made it! This is the result of a group of 15 amateur astronomers (which I am part of) who have shared their data in an effort to get as much data on this pair of galaxies as possible. The result is over 400h of exposure time (where over 200 are in narrow band Hydrogen-Alpha).

This allowed us to create the deepest and most detailed image of M81 and M82 probably done by amateur astronomers ever! The red, faint Hydrogen "exploding" outwards from Messier 82 is truly a sight to be seen.

For more details and a full-resolution image check the my website https://theuberger.ch/post/astrophotography/20230507-m81m82-collab/ or the official AstroBin post: https://www.astrobin.com/tb0sou/

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