M81 and M82 (Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy)
Photo description / processing
M81 Bode's Galaxy.
Distance: 12 million light-years
Diameter: 70,000 light-years
Apparent size: 24.9' × 11.5'
M82 Cigar Galaxy.
Distance: 12 million light-years
Diameter: 37,000 light-years
Apparent size: 11.2' × 4.3'
NGC 3077
Distance: 12.8 million light-years
Apparent size: 5.2' × 4.7'
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Jupiter-21M
- Camera
- Sony NEX-5T
- Mount
- Homemade Astrotracker
- Software
- DeepSkyStacker, FitStacker, Adobe Lightroom
- Location
- Kolomna, Russia
Light pollution
Yellow, Bortle 5 zone
- Date taken
Exposure
- 350 × 30″ · ISO/Gain: 1600 · f5.6 ·
- 330 × 30″ · ISO/Gain: 3200 · f5.6 ·
Total exposure: 5 h 40 m









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