Jun.01 2009
Bode’s Galaxy M81
by Mike Hankey, under Galaxies
It may not look like much but this image is the result of about 3 weeks of work and about 1.25 hours of exposure time. The 3 weeks that led up to this image mostly centered around drift alignment and proper / perfect polar alignment. We had plenty of technical snaffus during the period, including shooting for a week at ISO200, bad balance and tracking problems. When all was said and done, I learned a whole lot and finally got a good shot of bode’s galaxy (good for me at least).
June 1st, 2009 on 7:47 pm
Great job! It’s an inspiration to see that these kind of images can be captured on the East Coast. Cool stuff.