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).