M81/M82 Bode’s and Cigar Galaxy
M81/M82 Bode’s and Cigar Galaxy
Bodes Galaxy is a very bright and large galaxy accompanied by the small Cigar Galaxy that combined are more luminous than our whole milky way.
Distance to earth: 11’000’000 lightyears
Apparent size: 25/11 arcminutes (0.8/0.4 x the moon)
Imaging time: 13.8 hours
Equipment:
Mount: SW AZEQ6GT
Telescope: SW Evostar 80ED
Camera: Atik 460EX Mono
Capture information:
Date: May 2016
Total exposure time: 13.8 hours
Color combination: LRGB
Image data:
68 x 600s LUM
20 x 3 x 300s RGB bin2
