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M81

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M81 Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major (Bode's Nebula)
Date 4/4, 4/7, 4/8, 4/21/2006
Exposure LRGB 105:30:25:30 (RGB binned 2x2)
Camera ST2000XM w/ SBIG filters
Telescope Celestron C8 f/6.7 on Losmandy G11 w/Gemini
Guiding self-guided
Processing MaximDL, FITS Liberator, PhotoshopCS, AstroActions
Comments Poor seeing with high thin clouds, some moonlight; clear on 4/21

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