M82 Cigar Galaxy with Omegon Nebula-City Lights Filter (Mike Dobres)

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

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M82 Cigar Galaxy with Omegon Nebula-City Lights Filter

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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M82 Cigar Galaxy with Omegon Nebula-City Lights Filter

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Shot with my 14" GOTO Dobson and an ASI224MC. Stayed nicely in the FOV with occasional adjustments. The beast is starting to cooperate! The Omegon Nebula/City Lights filter really brought out the network of what I think are IR emissions around this DSO. The filter transmits well into the mid IR and the ASI224 sensor has mid-sensitivity there. Though I am not quite sure why I did not see this feature with the IR pass filter , perhaps because it was an 850 nm pass, Need to try the IR 650 nm pass?

Stacked, aligned, stretched and processed in SharpCap 3.3. No cropping, no color/contrast or any modifications made. I think Im getting better at handling SC processing on the fly. Surprised how well this came out under a strong half moon, with misty conditions on the ground. Had to get the hair dryer out a few times, to dry of the secondary of the Dobson a couple of time.

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RA (center)	09h55m53s.645
RA (top/left)	09h55m24s.690
RA (top/right)	09h57m06s.105
RA (bottom/right)	09h56m22s.274
RA (bottom/left)	09h54m40s.418

Dec (center)	+69°40′22″.85
Dec (top/left)	+69°34′28″.67
Dec (top/right)	+69°39′30″.50
Dec (bottom/right)	+69°46′14″.31
Dec (bottom/left)	+69°41′13″.15

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