M81/M82 or NGC3981/3957  
M81-M82 Feb 24, 2006

M81-M82 Feb 24, 2006(Johnny Perkins)

Acquisition Date : Feb 24, 2006 Between 10pm EST and 1am
Camera : Canon 350XT
Camera Settings : ISO800 25 @ 3 minutes Unguided Temp around 30F.
Telescope : Intes M606 6 Inch F/6 MakCass Astrograph designed by Mike Palermiti at ITE Astronomy.
Mount : Skywatcher EQ-6 SkyScan
Adapter / Prime / Afocal / Other : Prime Focus
Processing Package / Processing Applied : Image Plus 2.75 used to convert, calibrate darks, align, combine, stretch, converted to tiff then jpeg after a little touchup in Photoshop. Cropped and resized.
NOTES : Only second time using my new M606. First time was with 3/4 Moon. I still need to get use to a couple things but I really like this telescope.

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