M81 M82 - Bode and Cigar galaxies (Matteo Ambrosi)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Bode's nebulae · M 81 · M 82 · NGC 3031 · NGC 3034

M81 M82 - Bode and Cigar galaxies, Matteo Ambrosi

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M81 M82 - Bode and Cigar galaxies

The galaxies in the image, belonging to the Ursa Major constellation, are the Bode galaxy (M81) (center) and the Cigar galaxy (M82) (top right).

The former is 11,740,000 light years away and contains around 250 billion stars. The Cigar galaxy is 11.5 million light years away and is affected by the tidal forces of the first which cause a sharp increase in star formations.

Currently divided by about 200,000 light years, in the past, about 250 million years ago, they had a close encounter which caused a sharp spike in star formations on both galaxies. They belong to the M81 Group, made up of 34 galaxies in the Ursa Major and Giraffe constellations.

Acquisition date: 22-23/02/2020

Telescope: Skywatcher 150/750

Guide scope: UltraGuide Artesky 60/240

Mount: Celestron AVX

Camera: Canon EOS 450d modified with Baader filter

Guide camera: Zwo Asi 224 MC

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Coma corrector: Skywatcher coma corrector 2''

Lights: 26x300'' 800 ISO

Darks: 16x300''

Flats: 41

Biases: 41

Software: APT Astro Photography Tool, PixInsight

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