Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's nebulae  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3034
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The Cigar Galaxy (M82), Josh Woodward
The Cigar Galaxy (M82)
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The Cigar Galaxy (M82)

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The Cigar Galaxy (M82), Josh Woodward
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The Cigar Galaxy (M82)

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This is part two of a failed multi-night attempt at creating a mosaic with M81. I was unable to get sufficient star matches M82 turned Ok though.

Processing wise, I find that this is difficult in that it is very easy to blow out the core of the galaxy, so exposure lengths need to be necessarily short (5 minutes). However, the short exposures don't really bring out the details of the starbursts. If anyone has tips on either the processing or capturing side of things I'd love any advice.

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The Cigar Galaxy (M82), Josh Woodward