Bode’s Galaxy (M81)

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Bode's Galaxy (M81)
Bode's Galaxy (M81)
  • Telescope: Stellarvue SVA130T-IS (f/5 configuration)
  • Optical Configuration: 0.72x Field Flattener & Reducer (f/5)
  • Camera: Canon 60Da
  • Light Frames: 11, 5-min. exposures stacked
  • Calibration: 12 dark frames (no flats, no biases)
  • Exposure Time: 55 min. (11 x 5 min.)
  • ISO: 800
  • Processing: Photoshop CC
  • Imaging Location: Sierra Nevada Mountains (Altitude: 8,600 ft.)

Bode’s Galaxy (M81) is a Seyfert galaxy approximately 12 million light-years from Earth. Seyfert galaxies make up only about 10% of all galaxies and are thought to contain a supermassive black hole at their centers, giving them a very bright Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN).

Categories: Astroimaging

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