Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3034
M82, The Cigar Galaxy, Bob Rucker
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M82, The Cigar Galaxy

M82, The Cigar Galaxy, Bob Rucker
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M82, The Cigar Galaxy

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Description

It looks like Arizona's streak of good imaging weather is coming to a close. As a result, I decided to image M82 given the short imaging window that I had. Clouds look to be moving in with possible rain later next week. So much for the desert!

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  • M82, The Cigar Galaxy, Bob Rucker
    Original
  • M82, The Cigar Galaxy, Bob Rucker
    B
  • M82, The Cigar Galaxy, Bob Rucker
    C
  • M82, The Cigar Galaxy, Bob Rucker
    D
  • Final
    M82, The Cigar Galaxy, Bob Rucker
    E

C

Description: Decided to take another stab using a bigger crop and tweaking the colors.

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D

Description: I wasn't happy with my initial processing of this target so I decided to take advantage of the bad weather and take another crack at it. Continuum subtraction seemed to help balance the Ha signal a bit better.

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E

Description: Practicing processing techniques trying to improve it.

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M82, The Cigar Galaxy, Bob Rucker