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

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The Cigar Galaxy - Messier 82, Teagan Grable
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The Cigar Galaxy - Messier 82

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Description

I was planning on gathering about 15 hours of Ha data to really bring out the "starburst" portion of this galaxy but the clouds got me to before I cold gather any.

For the lum channel, I collected 18 hours but I also included the 18 hours of RGB (6hrs RGB each) data that I collected to create a super-luminance consisting of 36 hours. This one was very difficult to process, especially the outer halo. The color turned out much truer than iI was expecting but overall I would say that I am pretty happy with this rendition so far... at least untill I can collect more HA data. Hope you all enjoy!

CEM60

AT8RC

Atik 414ex

QHY5L-ii / QHY oag

Astrodon LRGB

Lum: 18 hrs

RGB: 6 hrs each

Location: pine, Colorado (Bortle 4.5)

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  • The Cigar Galaxy - Messier 82, Teagan Grable
    Original
  • The Cigar Galaxy - Messier 82, Teagan Grable
    B
  • The Cigar Galaxy - Messier 82, Teagan Grable
    C
  • The Cigar Galaxy - Messier 82, Teagan Grable
    D
  • Final
    The Cigar Galaxy - Messier 82, Teagan Grable
    E

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The Cigar Galaxy - Messier 82, Teagan Grable