Ahhhh Mr Bode would have been pleased. If he only had the availability
of CCD equipment! Yep - I have been having a difficult time finding
the "truth" as to galactic distances recently. There are so many
competing values. Do you know where SkyChart gets its values? I like
comparing.

Snow snow snow - it is getting to be a nasty word here in New England.
We have had our share. The last storm (last Monday) gave us 15 inches!
This weekend we have had 2-3 new inches followed by ice. The
observatory is now totally crusted over with just over a cm of ice. Oh
well. Spring is soon.... I hope. ;-)
Cheers!
~john

--- In ccdimaging2@yahoogroups.com, serena_aussie <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Ah, Mr Bode should have looked more closely before he called it a
> nebula ;-)
> Very nice image. Good detail in the periphery. Incidentally, SkyChart
> III says it's 18 million light years distant. Snow, eh? And you said
> you had had hardly any. The TV news makes it all look very
> interesting and not something to get involved with.
>
> Clearer Skies,
> Serena
>
> --- In ccdimaging2@yahoogroups.com, unukalhai <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > Finished processing this one today. The snow is coming down pretty
> > hard, so hopefully this will remind people of the wonderful clear
> > skies of New Hampshire (when they happen!).
> >
> >
> > M-81 Bode's Nebula (Galaxy in UMa)
> >