Bode's Galaxy
Bode's
Description: Spiral Galaxy
Common Name: Bode’s Nebula
Messier Catalogue: 81 & 82
NGC: 3031
IC: N/A
Caldwell: N/A
Sharpless: N/A
LBN: N/A
Constellation: Ursa Major
Size: 21.4 x 11.2 Arc Minutes
Visual Magnitude: +6.84
Distance: 12 Million Light Years
Canon EOS 1000D
ISO: 400
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 10 x 240 seconds
Dark Frames: N/A
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: N/A
Capture Program: BackYardEOS
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
Date Taken: 20/04/2018
Image Type: RGB
Dark Site?: No-Garden
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: N/A
Mount Control: N/A
Mount: SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
Guided?: Yes PHD2
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