| M81 M82 | NGC 3031 NGC3034 |
| Spiral Galaxy Irregular Galaxy | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude 6.9 - 8.4 | Diameter 27 minutes - 11 minutes |
| 01/11/2004 |
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| Charlotte | Prime focus | f/4 |
| 800mm | 16x | Motor drive and manual guiding |
| Canon Digital Rebel | 400 ISO | 4 minutes 25 seconds |
| Stack of 4 pictures (60s + 66s + 69s + 70) aligned with Photoshop, curves and levels adjusted to get rid of the light pollution and the slight shift to red. The picture has a lot of background light because the moon was very close and only 3 days after full moon. |
| 01/16/2004 |
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| Doughton Park | Prime focus | f/4 |
| 800mm | 16x | Motor drive and manual guiding |
| Canon Digital Rebel | 400 ISO | 13 minutes 7 seconds |
| Stack of 3 pictures (264s + 259s + 264s) aligned with Photoshop, curves and levels adjusted to get rid of the light pollution and the slight shift to red. No wind, clear sky, temperature around 25F. |
| 02/24/2006 |
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| Doughton Park | Prime focus | f/3.3 |
| 530mm | 11x | Motor drive and manual guiding |
| Canon 20D | 1600 ISO | 4 minutes |
| One single picture, tracking was not good for the other pictures. |
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