| M82. The Cigar Galaxy |
| Irregular galaxy in Ursa Mayor |
| The Cigar
galaxy is a prototype of irregular galaxy. Its core seems to have
dramatically suffered due to a close encounter with m81. It is a strong
radio emission source. Distance to earth: 12,000,000 light years Visual Magnitude: 8.4 More information: Messier index. M82 |
| Date and location | 31-mar-2023. Caraquiz, Guadalajara |
| Telescopie | GSO RC12 on ASA DDM85 mount. No autoguíde |
| Camera | Moravian G3 16200. IDAS LPS Hutech and H-alpha, R, G, B Baader filters. |
| Image
processing |
L: 220x300s, H:48x600s, RGB 60x300s. Processed with Pixinsight |
| Date and location | 31-mar-2023. Caraquiz, Guadalajara |
| Telescopie | GSO RC12 on ASA DDM85 mount. No autoguíde |
| Camera | Moravian G3 16200. IDAS LPS Hutech and H-alpha, R, G, B Baader filters. |
| Image
processing |
L: 220x300s, RGB 60x300s. Initial process with Pixinsight (Antonio Pérez). Final process with Photoshop (Miguel Angel García) |
| Date and location | 1,2-mar-2008. Caraquiz, Guadalajara |
| Telescopie | 8" Meade LX200R,
f=2000mm, on Titan mount. Autoguide with Miniborg50, Luna0.4 and Guidemaster. |
| Camera | Artemis11002. Hutech IDAS LPS filter and RGB Astromnomik filters. |
| Image
processing |
L: 27x600s bin 1x1, RGB: 12x180s bin 2x2, stacked with AIP4WIN. Process with Pixinsight |
| Date and location | 1-may-2006. Caraquiz, Madrid |
| Telescopie | 8" Meade LX200GPS,
f=2000mm. Autoguide with Megrez II 80ED f=570mm, Toucam SC3 and Guidemaster. |
| Camera | Artemis285. 0,7x focal reducer Hutech IDAS LPS filter. |
| Image
processing |
L: 7x600s bin 1x1, RGB: 5x180s bin 2x2, stacked with CADET. Histogram, RGB and noise reduction with PixInsight. LRGB and final process with Adobe Photoshop. |
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