Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  ES UMa  ·  HD85458  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031
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M 81 Bodes Galaxy LRGB, Eric Smith
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M 81 Bodes Galaxy LRGB

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M 81 Bodes Galaxy LRGB

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Bodes Galaxy or Bodes Nebula?

28 hours 48 mins of Total integration taken over 5 nights form my home in Gérgal Spain.
I also took another 5 hours Ha to add to the image but after testing I decided the Ha was not really needed to show the knots of Ha in the spiral arm.

Imaged at BIN 3 but next time will be at BIN 2 to improve detail in the spiral arms.

I left the background slightly lighter to show some of the IFN clouds in the region and also to allow the fainter stars to be seen. I tried making the star smaller but I prefer to leave them as they are to show the colours better in the halos.

Thanks for looking and I hope you like it.

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M 81 Bodes Galaxy LRGB, Eric Smith