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Messier 81 and 82
These two galaxies are found in the constellation Ursa Major and are about 12 million light-years away.  The larger one, M81, is also known as Bode's Nebula; the smaller is known as the Cigar Galaxy, although it's a funny kind of cigar because it looks like it's lit in the center rather than at one end.  Maybe it's an exploding cigar.  Yes - that's it!  It's a starburst galaxy, with an abnormally high rate of star formation in the center!

Messier 81 and 82

These two galaxies are found in the constellation Ursa Major and are about 12 million light-years away. The larger one, M81, is also known as Bode's Nebula; the smaller is known as the Cigar Galaxy, although it's a funny kind of cigar because it looks like it's lit in the center rather than at one end. Maybe it's an exploding cigar. Yes - that's it! It's a starburst galaxy, with an abnormally high rate of star formation in the center!




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Filename:M81-M82-20140222.jpg
Album name:27telp / Galaxies
Location and Date:OCA site near Anza, CA, USA; 2/22/2014
Equipment:William Optics FLT-132 scope @f/7, QSI-583wsg CCD Camera, Astro-Physics 1200 GTO mount, Borg 50mm guide scope, Starlight Xpress Lodestar guide camera
Settings:Luminance - 12 exposures @ 5 minutes each, bin 1x1; Red, Green and Blue - 11 @ 5 minutes, bin 2x2
Notes:Captured with MaxIm DL 5.12, processed with CCDStack2 and Adobe Photoshop CS4
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Date added:Jun 19, 2019
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