M81

"Bode's Nebula"

Constellation- Ursa Major

Right Ascension: 09h 55m 53s

Declination: +69° 02' 59"

Distance: 12,000,000 light years

Visual Brightness: 6.9 mag

Apparent Dimension: 21x10 arc minutes

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Date- February 5, 2003

Telescope/Focal length/Camera- NexStar11 GPS @ f/10, SBIG ST-8XE NABG @ -20C autoguided with CCDSoft Ver. 5.00

Integrations: L= 10 x 300 seconds and binned 1x1

Processing: Flats and darks, aligned and median combined in CCDSoft V5.00