M82

Cigar Galaxy

M82

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Object Info

Type

Irregular Galaxy

Constellation

Ursa Major

Distance

12,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

February 4, 2008

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Lum 12x5 (bin 1x1), R 3x5, G 3x5, B 3x5 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Vixen VC200L Corrected Reflector

Focal Length

1280mm @f/6.4

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB

Software

CCD Commander, MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop