Click on the image to open it at full resolution.M81, Bodes Galaxy and M82, the Cigar Galaxy . M82 was discovered, along with its neighbor M81, by the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1774. Located 12 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major, M82 has an apparent magnitude of 8.4
Total image time was 5 hours.
Exposure
11x20 min.+ 8x10 min.
GAIN
100
Camera
ToupTek ATR2600C [6224 x 4168]
Optics
120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Proxisky UMi20S Strain Wave mount
