Galaxies M81 and M82Image of galaxies M81 and M82 taken with my 10" f/3.9 astrograph supplied by SCSAstro. The camera was the canon 1000D (modified) with Astronomik clip in filter)
Exposure times of about 120 sec on my LXD75 unduide GEM .
M82 is a disturbed edge on irregular galaxy ( with HII regions) - M81 is a classic spiral galaxy
Picture added on 17 January 2012 at 11:32
