Bode's and Cigar Galaxy (M81 & M82)
Equipment:
- Samyang 135mm @f2.8
- Fuji X-T5 (unmodified)
- dual narrowband clip in filter
- Star Adventurer 2i
Image:
- 735 x 60s lights @ISO 800
- 409 x 60s lights narrowband @ISO 3200
- Bortle 2
- stacked in Siril
- BXT, NXT
- final composition in PS
Full resolution and more details: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/226214/deep_sky/ngc-3063/bode-s-and-cigar-galaxy/by-maxi_franzi
Looks really good!
Thank you!
Always love seeing that IFN dust around them
Look at that red glow on the Cigar Galaxy!
It's not a quasar, no quasar is that recent/near to us.
Is it going through a starburst phase due to gravitational interaction with Bode's Galaxy?