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

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M82 The Cigar Galaxy, maxchess
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M82 The Cigar Galaxy

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M82 The cigar galaxy taken with an old style C8 SCT with Focal Reducer, plus an L_Enhance filter on my OSC camera. The filter losses 1/8 of the photons when combined with the OSC bayer matrix, makes me wonder whether to go monochrome + filter wheel. Most galaxies look fine in RGB, but M82 has the red flare that needs capturing.

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M82 The Cigar Galaxy, maxchess