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

Messier 82 (The Cigar Galaxy), sebaromano
Messier 82 (The Cigar Galaxy)
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Messier 82 (The Cigar Galaxy)

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Description

HaLRGB version of the Cigar Galaxy (M82).
My EQ6R handled quite well my Esprit150 (guiding tot RMS between 0.3 - 0.4 arc"). The rural location helped with having a good seeing condition.
Approx 10 Hours total integration over 2 nights.

Camera used is QHY268M with Astrodon filters (5nm). 

I have zero complains about any piece of my equipment (more specifically my Esprit150, my EQ6R, my 268M camera and my Astrodon filters) : they all work perfectly, no issues and results are as expected.
I was afraid the EQ6R won't handle the Esprit150 (clearly I am quite above its payload limit), but this mount is really something. It performs almost better than other mounts 5 times more expensive!

Note: the image is cropped from the original to frame the galaxy the way I wanted

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Messier 82 (The Cigar Galaxy), sebaromano