M82 - The cigar galaxy (Andres Salaverria)

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

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M82 - The cigar galaxy

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Maybe I oversaturated it a bit much, but I love the colors. It goes well with it's nature as a "starburst" galaxy. This is first light with a ZWO ASI294MC Pro. I was also trying the L-Pro filter as a broadband filter. I did an hour with the L-Extreme to see if I could get enough Ha, but it was not enough. I may add more subs and reprocess it. In the meantime, here it is!

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Title: M82 - The Cigar Galaxy take 2

Description: I reprocessed the subs combining the Ha separately after splitting the channels of the broadband subs into RGB. I am hoping the color is more natural.

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Title: M82 - The Cigar Galaxy take 3

Description: I reprocessed the subs combining the Ha separately after splitting the channels of the broadband subs into RGB. Color calibration and stretching in APP.

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Title: M82 - The Cigar Galaxy final

Description: I added some saturation. Does it look better than the other 3?

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RA (center)	09h55m45s.701
RA (top/left)	09h57m04s.760
RA (top/right)	09h50m49s.109
RA (bottom/right)	09h54m30s.810
RA (bottom/left)	10h00m43s.483

Dec (center)	+69°41′01″.60
Dec (top/left)	+70°06′02″.44
Dec (top/right)	+69°38′15″.36
Dec (bottom/right)	+69°15′56″.78
Dec (bottom/left)	+69°43′15″.51

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