M82 (the Cigar Galaxy) and M81 (Bode's Nebula) in Ursa Major. Imaged 4/9-10/2014 from the NNO. AT111-EDT @ f7, iEQ45, SBIG 8300C. 24 ea. 5-minute frames, aligned & stacked, total integration time = 2 hours.
this picture was taken with the camera on the 6inch. it was 64sec.exp. to see how faint stars would be. and a plane come by.vega is the brith star in the center