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OBJECT

M82 - Cigar Galaxy                 (image above is reduced-size crop | other sizes: medium , large)

Distance:  12 million light years

Telescope TPO 12" Truss-tube RC @ f/8
Mount Astro-Physics AP1100GTO (on ATS pier)
Camera QSI 690wsg @ -15C
Filters Astrodon Ha (3nm), Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2
Guider SX Lodestar
Settings 21x5min L, 6x15min,2x10min Ha (bin1x1) (earlier data); 6x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, PI, CS4 (slightly cropped, 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias)
Date/Location

Notes
13 February 2024 - Las Cruces, NM

This image is LHaRGB.

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