Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3034
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Messier 82.... again, Alf Jacob Nilsen
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Messier 82.... again, Alf Jacob Nilsen
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I can not get enough of this beautiful galaxy - the Cigar Galaxy (Messier 82) in Ursa Major. The starburst is triggered by its neighbour Messier 81 and it is the red hudrogen filaments that I really want to get....This time I aimed for a really long exporsure, but weather and few clear nights made me end at nearly 9 hrs only. So, I shall continue next season.

The core was realy overexposed using subs of 300sec at f5,3, but playing around with HDRM in PixInsight helped a lot. I might go for shorter subs next time....

Enjoy....

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Messier 82.... again, Alf Jacob Nilsen