Observation by Martina McGovern: M82 Cigar galaxy

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Martina McGovern

Observer

Martina McGovern

Observed

2021 May 15 - 18:19

Uploaded

2021 May 15 - 18:19

Objects

M82

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Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 09^h55^m
Dec: +69°40'
Position angle: -98°19'

Field size

0°29' × 0°20'

Equipment

Celestron Edge HD 8” on HEQ5 PRO, ZWO ASI294MC Pro, ASIAir Pro, EAF & 60mm guide scope + ASI120MM mini & Optolong L-Pro & L-eXt filters

Exposure

Approx 7hrs of data. Subs of 120sec x ~150 (all L-Pro), 180sec x ~30(mainly L-eXt) & 5 off 300sec L-eXt + Darks, Flats & Dark flats. Main Cam Gain 225 L-Pro & 300 L-eXt, Camera T -15C.

Location

Near Cambridge city UK, Bortle approx 4

Target name

M82 Cigar galaxy

Title

M82 Cigar galaxy

About this image

This one is imaged over 4 nights, 21^st, 22^nd, 30^th Apr & 1^st May21

I’m finding it difficult to get the red/orange bursting out of the galaxy, any advice for next time is very welcome.

Processing; Deep sky stacker, PixInsight with final tweaks in Photoshop and Topaz DeNoise.

Clear skies.

Files associated with this observation

M82 Cigar gal 21 22+30Apr + 1May21 BAA.jpg (1.6 MB)

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Nik Szymanek, Ron Arbour, Graham Winstanley, Grant Privett, Manolo_Rodriguez, Nick Hewitt, Peter Tickner, Callum Potter, Andy Wilson, Peter Goodhew FRAS, Ian Hynes, Alan C Tough, Philip Jennings, Callum Wingrove, Chris Hooker, Kevin Gurney

Comments

Philip Jennings, 2021 May 16 - 10:51 UTC

Wow! That's a beauty.

Martina McGovern

Peter Tickner, 2021 May 16 - 21:48 UTC

Looks about right for a colour camera image, the red comes out more strongly with any narrowband in H Alpha using a mono camera

Martina McGovern

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