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

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M82 "Cigar" Galaxy, Joel Quimpo
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M82 "Cigar" Galaxy

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M82 "Cigar" Galaxy in Ursa Major. This is a companion to M81 which is a spiral galaxy. I used the Williams Optics 153 f/7.8 with a 0.72 reducer which gives me an effective f/5.6 at around 830mm. The filters were the ZWO Optolong Ha 7mn, RGB. I then did a separate exposure using my Astrodon Ha 3nm filter which really brought out the gas jets that shoot out on the top and bottom of the galaxy.

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M82 "Cigar" Galaxy, Joel Quimpo