Another night with clear skies! With Bode´s Galaxy right overhead, I decided to spend the night capturing this beautiful galaxy and its smaller neighbor the Cigar Galaxy.
Date: 14.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: SBIG STT-8300 Mono CCD
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX III 530mm f/5.0
Exposure: L=19×600 sec, RGB=19×300 sec (2x2binned)
Guiding: MaximDL, SBIG Selfguiding FW
Post processing: MaximDL, Photoshop CS5
Håvard's Observatory 