M82

 

     M82 is a very bright and elongated shaped galaxy in Ursa Major near the Big Dipper.  It is about 8.5 million light years away and extends about 25,000 light years across.  M82 is classified as an "irregular" galaxy by it's peculiar shape and has an unusual red core and dark dust lane divisions towards the center.  It also lies close to a photogenic nearby spiral galaxy M81.

 

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Optics Camera Film Exposure Mount/Guiding Scanning Processing Location Date
10" SCT @ f11 Nikon F Provia 400F 70 min G11 with ST4 on GEG Minolta Scan Dual II Levels/Unsharp Mask/mild Gaussian Blur in PS Cottonwood Springs, CA 4/26/03

Comments: Poor seeing with high clouds and shot was cut short.