M81 — Bode's Galaxy · M81

Bode's Galaxy (M81), a grand-design spiral in Ursa Major about 12 million light-years away, through the 200 mm Newtonian.

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TargetM81

TypeGalaxy

RA09h 55m 33s

Dec+69° 03′ 55″

Captured2025-08-30

Integration~2.3 h (8,280 s)

Frames300 s subs at gain 500

FiltersNone — OSC broadband

Gain500

Sensor~20 °C °C

Processing notes

ToupTek 183CA on the Explorer 200P Newtonian (1000 mm) + coma corrector, EQ5 Pro, PHD2 guiding. Plate-solved and stacked in ASTAP, finished in GIMP.