M82 in Hydrogen Alpha
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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.
Image details
| Telescope: | Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 | |
| Length: | 1645mm | |
| Aperture: | 235mm | |
| F-stop: | f/7.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-07-19 to 2022-07-19 | |
| Lights: | 23 | |
| Exposure: | 180 | |
| Total exposure: | 1 h | |
| Ra: | 9h 55m 6.2s | |
| Dec: | +69° 44' 0.178 | |
| Size: | 29.58 x 22.239 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.308 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.57 arcsec/pixel |
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