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M82 Cigar galaxy.
Known as a starburst galaxy due to it's intense star forming activity. Which is thought to be caused by interactions with it's close neighbour M81 Bode's galaxy, sometimes referred to as Bode's nebula. Bode was the German astronomer who didn't do the 7th planet in our solar system any favours, when he suggested the name Uranus. Johann Elert Bode discovered M81 & M82 in 1774.
M82 lies 12 million light years away from us. It is giving birth to new stars about ten times faster than our own Milky Way. It lies within the constellation Of Ursa Major (the great bear), and is visible along with it's companion galaxy M81 in a good pair of binoculars.
Boring techie stuff.
Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector
HEQ5 pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup
Canon 1100D with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter.
Best 75% of 60 light frames of 3 minutes each at ISO 800. Stacked together using Deep Sky Stacker along with darks, flats, dark flats and bias. All other processing done using StarTools.
M82 Cigar galaxy.
Known as a starburst galaxy due to it's intense star forming activity. Which is thought to be caused by interactions with it's close neighbour M81 Bode's galaxy, sometimes referred to as Bode's nebula. Bode was the German astronomer who didn't do the 7th planet in our solar system any favours, when he suggested the name Uranus. Johann Elert Bode discovered M81 & M82 in 1774.
M82 lies 12 million light years away from us. It is giving birth to new stars about ten times faster than our own Milky Way. It lies within the constellation Of Ursa Major (the great bear), and is visible along with it's companion galaxy M81 in a good pair of binoculars.
Boring techie stuff.
Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector
HEQ5 pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup
Canon 1100D with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter.
Best 75% of 60 light frames of 3 minutes each at ISO 800. Stacked together using Deep Sky Stacker along with darks, flats, dark flats and bias. All other processing done using StarTools.