Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  HD85458  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034
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M81 / 82, hollo
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M81 / 82

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M81 / 82, hollo
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M81 / 82

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M81 / 82 taken as a two panel mosaic with my RC scope (at 1600mm) and then downsampled in processing.
The background is blacker than I would like, but I was getting some dust motes that didn't fully calibrate out, and from a Bortle 7 I wasn't picking up any IFN anyway.

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M81 / 82, hollo