Image taken with a QHY 268C color 26-megapixel CMOS camera.
Telescope was a Celestron 11-inch EdgeHD on a GTO3 Astrophysics mount.
Guiding was done with a lodestar X2 CCD camera on a Vario guide scope.
NGC 3031 (M81) is 12 million light years away.
Processes'd with Pixinsight's WBPP, StarTools, and Photoshop CS6 with Topaz addons.