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Observations of M82

Other names The Cigar Galaxy
NGC 3034
Arp 337
UGC 5322
PGC 28655
Ursa Major A

Object type Galaxy

RA 09h55m

Declination 69°40' N

Constellation Ursa Major

Further information

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8 
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M82
David Davies
Obs 2025 Mar 25 – 23:48 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 31 – 17:58 UTC

2 
0 
Galaxies M81 & M82
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2025 Mar 18 – 21:34 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 19 – 21:32 UTC

5 
0 
M82 The Cigar Galaxy
Ian Jarrett
Obs 2025 Mar 15 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 16 – 17:50 UTC

6 
0 
Bodes Group
Kenneth Medcalf
Obs 2025 Mar 03 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 16 – 09:37 UTC

4 
0 
Messiers 81 and 82
Ian Papworth
Obs 2025 Mar 05 – 17:01 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 05 – 17:03 UTC

3 
0 
The Cigar Galaxy M82
David Strange
Obs 2025 Feb 05 – 00:23 UTC
Upload 2025 Feb 05 – 09:58 UTC

8 
0 
M81 Bode's Galaxy and ...
Alan Ferguson
Obs 2025 Jan 03 – 00:30 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 29 – 21:16 UTC

1 
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M82
Adam Rawlinson
Obs 2025 Jan 07 – 21:30 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 08 – 22:48 UTC

3 
0 
Messier 81 & 82
Ian Papworth
Obs 2025 Jan 03 – 14:12 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 03 – 14:15 UTC

4 
0 
M81 and M82
Chris Entwistle
Obs 2024 Dec 23 – 05:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Dec 23 – 06:58 UTC

8 
0 
Bode`s Nebula
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2022 Mar 01 – 03:24 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 11 – 17:35 UTC

1 
0 
M81+M82 testing, testi...
Peter Tickner
Obs 2024 Apr 21 – 22:31 UTC
Upload 2024 Apr 29 – 17:37 UTC

4 
0 
M82
Dean Ashton OBE
Obs 2023 Mar 03 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Mar 15 – 09:59 UTC

1 
0 
Messier 82
Paul Downing
Obs 2013 Dec 06 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Mar 11 – 14:31 UTC

1 
0 
M82
Grant Privett
Obs 2024 Mar 06 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Mar 08 – 21:15 UTC

6 
0 
M82 in Ursa Major
Mr Ian David Sharp
Obs 2024 Feb 01
Upload 2024 Mar 06 – 09:36 UTC

1 
0 
NGC3034 M82 Cigar Gala...
Nicholas Freeman
Obs 2024 Feb 24 – 03:50 UTC
Upload 2024 Feb 25 – 18:00 UTC

1 
0 
M81 and M82
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2024 Feb 13 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Feb 17 – 16:58 UTC

0 
0 
M81 and M82
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2024 Jan 18 – 02:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 18 – 23:02 UTC

7 
2 
Bodes with a Cigar (M8...
Ian Jarrett
Obs 2023 Nov 10 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Nov 14 – 08:56 UTC

12 
1 
Bonfire Aurora
Graham Winstanley
Obs 2023 Nov 05 – 20:38 UTC
Upload 2023 Nov 08 – 18:51 UTC

2 
0 
M 82
Ivan Walton
Obs 2023 Oct 01 – 05:39 UTC
Upload 2023 Oct 13 – 10:24 UTC

3 
0 
Bodes Galaxies
Mazin Younis
Obs 2023 Oct 04 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Oct 05 – 16:27 UTC

3 
0 
Intergalactic cirrus ...
Paul Whitmarsh
Obs 2023 May 13 – 23:21 UTC
Upload 2023 Jul 07 – 23:36 UTC

8 
2 
M81 Group
Gary Eason
Obs 2023 May 07 – 22:47 UTC
Upload 2023 May 09 – 20:54 UTC

1 
0 
M82 (NGC 3034) Cigar G...
Ivan Walton
Obs 2023 Mar 30 – 01:05 UTC
Upload 2023 Apr 12 – 14:18 UTC

6 
0 
The Cigar galaxy &ndas...
Martina McGovern
Obs 2021 Apr 21 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Apr 10 – 14:22 UTC

3 
0 
M81_M82
Simon Paul Davis
Obs 2023 Apr 04 – 20:31 UTC
Upload 2023 Apr 07 – 08:10 UTC

7 
0 
The M81 Group over 3-Y...
Dean Ashton OBE
Obs 2023 Mar 24 – 15:53 UTC
Upload 2023 Mar 24 – 16:06 UTC

3 
0 
M82 Cigar Galaxy
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Mar 18 – 23:30 UTC
Upload 2023 Mar 19 – 17:25 UTC

3 
0 
Messier 82
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2023 Mar 18 – 18:36 UTC
Upload 2023 Mar 19 – 11:51 UTC

0 
0 
The Cigar Galaxy
Jonathon Elliott
Obs 2023 Feb 20 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 21 – 21:08 UTC

1 
0 
M81 & M82
Adam Rawlinson
Obs 2023 Feb 19 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 20 – 11:47 UTC

0 
0 
M82 Cigar Galaxy
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Jan 18 – 00:22 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 03 – 23:16 UTC

3 
0 
All the Arp galaxies I...
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2022 Jun 15 – 12:30 UTC
Upload 2023 Jan 09 – 22:18 UTC

2 
0 
M82
Ivan Walton
Obs 2022 Nov 25 – 05:49 UTC
Upload 2022 Nov 28 – 12:54 UTC

6 
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M82 in close up
Mike Greenhill-Hooper
Obs 2022 Jul 06 – 01:00 UTC
Upload 2022 Jul 08 – 15:57 UTC

10 
0 
M81 Bodes & M82 Ci...
Martina McGovern
Obs 2022 Jan 12 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2022 May 21 – 17:03 UTC

5 
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M82 or Arp 337
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2022 May 15 – 08:40 UTC
Upload 2022 May 15 – 08:41 UTC

4 
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M81 Bodes Galaxy
Thomas Wade
Obs 2022 Apr 06 – 09:04 UTC
Upload 2022 Apr 06 – 09:06 UTC
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