M82 - The Cigar Galaxy (HaLRGB (Quinn Groessl)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Cigar Galaxy · HD85161 · HD85533 · M 82 · NGC 3034

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I got a new camera, so naturally imaging conditions have been horrible. Last night I had about 6 hours worth of clear skies, and I was able to play around with collimation a bit, FINALLY able to get my EAF to focus my C8, and even get a little bit of imaging in. Around midnight conditions turned and that's all she wrote. Weather conditions weren't great anyway, -2C with a -2C dew point, 99% humidity. Everything was either dripping wet or frosted pretty good, but between dew heaters and my dew shield my optics stayed clear at least. Now back to clouds for a while. Anyway, here's M82. Was hoping to get more time in Ha to get more of the jets coming out of the galaxy, but I was able to get it a little bit.

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RA (center)	09h55m50s.783
RA (top/left)	09h52m54s.626
RA (top/right)	09h53m40s.923
RA (bottom/right)	09h58m41s.100
RA (bottom/left)	09h58m05s.331

Dec (center)	+69°40′30″.41
Dec (top/left)	+70°01′45″.26
Dec (top/right)	+69°17′00″.75
Dec (bottom/right)	+69°19′03″.59
Dec (bottom/left)	+70°03′53″.41

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