Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031
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First serious attempt at M81, AstroSully
First serious attempt at M81
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First serious attempt at M81

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First serious attempt at M81, AstroSully
First serious attempt at M81
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First serious attempt at M81

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Unfortunately with my free subscription of Astrobin, I had to upload a .jpg version of the image.  
I am quite impressed with what I was able to get with my modest setup, a C8 with the 0.63x reducer corrector, Sony A6400, no guiding, and an eq6r pro!
There are quite a bit of things I would like to upgrade before the next galaxy season, getting a new ZWO camera for livestacking and luckyimaging, and getting the Edge HD version of the scope would be high up there as well.
Somehow, at 1280mm and no guiding M81 stayed in my field of view for over 5 and a half hours until the sun began to come up!  I guess thats what proper manual polar alignment will do for you! 

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First serious attempt at M81, AstroSully