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bodes widefield

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Very wide field - Galaxies are in the top left Quadrant

61 minutes of exposure (122 x 30 secs subs)
ISO 1600
F5.6
Pentax K-X 12.6M pixels made in 2009
58-300 Zoom at 78 mm
In the picture, Bodes (M81) is a classic Galaxy shape being a spiral galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy (M82) is the thin smudge to its left.