Bode's & Cigar Galaxy - M81, M82
Photo description / processing
A group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major. From top to bottom: the Cigar Galaxy M82 (magnitude 9.2m), Bode's Galaxy M81 (magnitude 7.8m), and galaxy NGC 3077 (magnitude 10.6m).
Captured in autumn 2014 from a balcony in Kharkiv, under red-zone light pollution.
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Sky-Watcher 130PDS
- Camera
- Canon EOS 550D
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher EQ3-2
- Guide Scope
- No guide
- Accessories
- Sky-Watcher Coma Corrector 2-inch
- Software
- DeepSkyStacker, FitStacker, PhotoShop
- Location
- Kharkiv, Ukraine
Light pollution
Red, Bortle 7 zone
Exposure
- 278 × 13″ · ISO/Gain: 6400
- 86 × 20″ · ISO/Gain: 6400
Total exposure: 1 h 29 m
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