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Cigar Galaxy
M82
Object
Type Irregular Galaxy
Constellation Ursa Major
Distance 12,000,000 ly
More Info
Image
Date 04 Dec 2010 (Fall)
Place Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA
Exposure Data LRGB 90:20:20:20 mins @ -20C
Lum 9x10 (bin 1x1), R 4x5, G 4x5, B 4x5 (bin 2x2)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT
Focal Length 1700mm @f/6
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera SBIG ST-10XME
Focuser Robo-Focus
Filters CFW10A, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB
Software Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop