Cigar Galaxy (M82)

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Another M82 :D

 

More that 20 hours of integration time. Specially dificult to display the fine details but it was easy to use only one telescope to capture all data.

 

Messier 82 is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. A member of the M81 Group, it is about five times more luminous than the Milky Way and has a center one hundred times more luminous.

 

(desc credits: wikipedia)

 

Technical card

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube

 

Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool

 

Mounts: Mesu 200 Mk2

 

Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe

 

Guiding cameras: ZWO ASI174 Mini

 

Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x

 

Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro

 

Filters: Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm

 

Accessory: ZWO EFW · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30

 

Dates:Dec. 17, 2020 , Jan. 18, 2021 , Feb. 11, 2021 , Feb. 25, 2021 , March 10, 2021

 

Frames:

Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x120" (3h 20') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x120" (3h 20') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 25x600" (4h 10') (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 240x120" (8h) (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 100x120" (3h 20') (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1

 

Integration: 22h 10'

 

Avg. Moon age: 15.41 days

 

Avg. Moon phase: 28.56%

 

Astrometry.net job: 4600468

 

RA center: 9h 55' 56"

 

DEC center: +69° 40' 41"

 

Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel

 

Orientation: -178.751 degrees

 

Field radius: 0.337 degrees

 

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Resolution: 1818x1583

 

Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain

 

Data source: Own remote observatory

 

Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility

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