Galaxies M81 + M82 in Ursa Majoris
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Photographers: Kasper Steensgaard, Thomas Balstrup and Lars T. Mikkelsen, - from the Astronomy Class
Object Data : Distance - 11 Million Light years -
Exposure time: 9800 sec Luminance + Binned : 1000 sec Red + 1000 sec Green + 1000 sec Blue - applying the LRGB method described by Rob Gendler et al.
Sky conditions:clear sky - freezing, full moon.
3.6 Hours total Exposure time - Mar 01 + Mar 02 - 2002...
SEDS Amateur Images of these two objects..
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