ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Galaxies | M081 Bodes Galaxy and M082 Cigar Galaxy | M81 and M82 using GHS
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
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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 | |||||||||
| Guiding | ToupTek GPM462M using Phd2 | |||||||||
| Controller | Kstars on MeLe Quieter 4C | |||||||||
| Filter | Optolong L-eNhance | |||||||||
| Location | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. | |||||||||
| Date | 2025-03-14, 2025-03-20 | |||||||||
| Processing | Processed in PixInsight. |
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