Jim Burnell's CCD Images - M81 and M82 Clicking on an image will display a full resolution view.

 

Object: M81 and M82	Galaxy Pair	Const.: Ursa Major
Camera: SXV-H9	Scope: Tele Vue NP101is	Mount: Losmandy Titan
Filter(s): IR block	Exposure: 8x8m	TeleVue 0.8x Focal Reducer
This image of M81 and M82, a pair of galaxies in Ursa Major, was acquired using an SXV-H9 CCD camera mounted on a Tele Vue NP101 Imaging System, a 101mm f/5.4 apochromatic refractor specifically optimized for CCD imaging. A Tele Vue 0.8x Focal Reducer was also used. This image is a stack of 8 eight-minute exposures that were calibrated, defect-corrected and stacked using AIP4Win Version 2. This image has been cropped down from its original size of 1392x1040.