Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3034
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Cigar Galaxy (M82) - HaLRGB, dswtan
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Cigar Galaxy (M82) - HaLRGB

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Cigar Galaxy (M82) - HaLRGB

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Update: total 14hr integration, now with Ha added to R

1hr x 60s RGB each

2.5hr x 60s L2

8.5hr x 60s Ha

Topaz Denoise AI only, no Sharpen AI on latest.

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First run at M82 for 2021, first time in LRGB for me.

3.5 hrs total integration over two sessions only so far, hoping for more before calling it done.

Disclosure: Topaz Sharpen AI on this one (but gentle :-)).

90x 60sec L2

40x 60sec RGB

Improvement from last year's noisy OSC effort on the same RC8 scope here: https://astrob.in/vx9x0a/B/

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B

Description: Adjusting color and crop.

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C

Description: Now total 8.5hrs Ha and reprocessed combo with 5.5hrs LRGB.

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Cigar Galaxy (M82) - HaLRGB, dswtan