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

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Cigar Nebula (M82), BryanHudson
Cigar Nebula (M82)
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Cigar Nebula (M82)

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Cigar Nebula (M82) from my Bortle 7 driveway. Used broadband Optolong L-Pro for 10 subs and dual narrowband SVBony SV220 for 10 subs. Edited in Pixinsight and combined starless images in Photoshop.

~ ASI533MC Pro
~ Celestron C8 XLT with .63 reducer
~ Captured and stacked using ASIAir Plus
~ 20, 180 second light frames with flats and bias
~ ZWO AM3 mount, guided, dithered
~ Processed in Pixinsight (DBE, BXT, NXT, SXT, NarrowBandNormalization, Pixel Math), Lightroom, Photoshop

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Cigar Nebula (M82), BryanHudson