Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Cigar Galaxy  ·  HD85161  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3034
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M82, The Cigar Galaxy.  HaLRGB, James
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M82, The Cigar Galaxy. HaLRGB

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M82, The Cigar Galaxy. HaLRGB

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I shot M82 over 4 months.  I wanted to see if I could reveal the Ha filaments that connect the main "star burst" region to the "cap".   Turns out, 70+ hours of Ha with my equipment in my skies could not do this.  To be fair, much of the Ha was captured with a 50-100% moon.

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M82, The Cigar Galaxy.  HaLRGB, James