M81


M81, a nice spiral galaxy, photographed from eastern Oregon during OSP '01.
12" F/6.6 LX200 SCT
80 Minute Exposure
Kodak PPF film (old, a bit fogged and had a yellow cast to it).
First photo taken using the SBIG STV camera as the autoguider.
The vertical line is a satellite trail which was caused when an earth orbiting satellite passed through our field of view while the exposure was being taken. In this photo we can see the spiral arms, dust lanes, and small pink Ha regions.