Bernard, Great image. Your hard work paid off. There's terrific detail and color in M82. Your image is a lot better than one I took of the same area with my 12.5 inch f/3.6 astrograph, and a Canon 20Da. The exposure in my image was 5x5 minutes. Later, it was difficult getting acceptable processing for both M81 and M82. When one was pretty good, the other wasn't. The image is posted at: http://www.pbase.com/paullind/may_2010 Paul Lind -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bernard Miller" <bgmiller011@xxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 2:00 PM To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Picture of M81 - Bode's Galaxy > Hi, > > > I have spent at least 10 hours and several starts and stops on this one. > It > was my most challenging image to date. I am happy with the detail I > managed > to get in the core, but am still not happy with the color. Any ideas or > suggestions are welcome. > > > > <http://www.azstarman.net/M_81.htm> http://www.azstarman.net/M81.htm > > > > Bernard > > > > > > > > -- > See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please > send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.