M82: The Cigar Galaxy

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M82 is a starburst galaxy that contains one of the brightest pulsars known.
Telescope:   Stellina
Length:   400mm
Aperture:   80mm
F-stop:   f/5.0
Sessions:   1
Captured:   2021-05-22 to 2021-05-22
Lights:   247
Exposure:   10
Total exposure:   41 m
Ra:   9h 55m 52.4s
Dec:   +69° 41' 18.982
Size:   44.855 x 30.793 arcmin
Radius:   0.453 deg
Scale:   0.619 arcsec/pixel
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'Come on here, dear boy, have a cigar...' a Cigar Galaxy, that is. M82 is in close proximity to M81 (Bode's Galaxy) and it's believed that gravitational interactions between the two created what is known as a 'starburst' that can be easily seen in the middle.
Starburst galaxies are believed to experience incredibly rapid star growth compared to other galaxies. M82, the Cigar Galaxy, is both visually and physically located near M81, Bode's Galaxy. Tidal interactions between the two funneled gas into the core of M82 that led to a massive period of rapid star growth. Despite the bright strawberry moon, I was able to capture this image of M82 in the opposite edge of the sky last night from my backyard in Monroe, WA.

Objects in frame:

NGC3034 M82 Cigar Galaxy
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