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Date/Location March 17, 2009 Wildwood Pines Observatory, Earl, NC
Camera and Settings Canon 30D 52°F
Telescope Stellarvue SV102 102 mm apochromatic refractor at f/6.3 (using a Televue 0.8x FF/FR)
Mount Parallax HD150
Exposure 60 min (6 x10 min)
Processing Image Plus 3.0, Photoshop
Other Constellation Ursa Major; M81 - mag. 6.84, size 21.4 x 11.2 arcmin; M82 - mag. 8.07, size 8.5 x 3.9 arcmin. Note faint galaxy NGC3077 at bottom left - mag. 9.85, size 5.4 x 4.4
M81 and M82
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