M82 - NGC3034

Rancho Del Sol Observatory · Camino, California

M82 - NGC3034 by Ken Crawford

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Image Equipment Details

  • RCOS 20" carbon truss - 100mm FFC
  • Paramount ME
  • Apogee Alta u16m
  • SBIG ST402 Guider
  • Astrodon MegaMoag
  • Astrodon 50mm Sq Filters

Exposure Details

  • Clear/ Lum = 420 minutes
  • Red = 120 minutes
  • Green = 120 minutes
  • Blue = 120 minutes
  • Ha 5nm = 2160 minutes
  • Red Cont. = 240 minutes
  • SII 5nm = 0 minutes

Software Used

  • MaxDL 5
  • CCDAutopilot 4
  • CCDStack
  • Photoshop CS6

About this image


M82 is also known as the Cigar Galaxy and is about 12 million light-years from us. It is also a star burst galaxy with a very active core with plumes of red hydrogen blasting out into space. New star formation is happening at a tremendous rate making it one of the most interesting galaxies we know of. This image is an APOD.

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The red plumes were enhanced from hydrogen data with Red Continuum subtracted from it to increase the contrast.

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