Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3034
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Cigar Galaxy (M82) with supernova, Charles R. Wright
Cigar Galaxy (M82) with supernova
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Cigar Galaxy (M82) with supernova

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Cigar Galaxy (M82) with supernova, Charles R. Wright
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Cigar Galaxy (M82) with supernova

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I am very happy I had clear skies on the very day that the supernova was reported. I am working with my C11, which had previously been too heavy to balance as an imaging rig. I'm fighting light pollution which shows up as a gradient in the left side of the image. Most of the images were taken while M82 was fairly low in the sky.

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Cigar Galaxy (M82) with supernova, Charles R. Wright