From: "milton_aupperle" <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: December 30, 2009 1:57:48 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Messier 81

Hi Folks;

Here is a two frame 15 minute each Luma only stack of M81:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/DSO/M81_20091220_Small_MJA.jpg 

I bin 2x2 stacked it and scaled it down to a bit less than half size.

Seeing was okay, but I regrettably did not take time to get sharp focus on a brighter star, as the forecast was for clouds later that night. The clouds arrived sooner than later and I only got two usable frames out of 2 hours of exposures.

I hope to try again before I leave end of next week.

TTYL..

Milton Aupperle