M82

Cigar Galaxy

Object Info

Type

Irregular Galaxy

Constellation

Ursa Major

Distance

12,000,000 ly

Date

January 31, 2009

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 6x10 (bin 1x1), R 3x10, G 3x10, B 3x10 (bin 2x2)

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

960mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Starlight Feather Touch Micro Focuser

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB

Software

CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop