M82


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Messier 82
Galaxy
Mayhill, NM
12-08-2007
Description

Motto:  Never give up.  I took this data in December of 2007 and had tried to process it a couple times.  I was never happy with it since I couldn't get any detail (not the small amount of Lum data in it).  While I was AIC, I listened to some of the stuff Tony Hallas was saying and had this data on my laptop.  So, I tried some of his techniques.  Image came out reasonable well I think.  Not perfect and I may try to get some more and better data but a reasonable version of M82 (and some new processing techniques)!

Technical Details
Exposure Time:
1.5 hrs each LRGB
Camera:
SBIG STL-11000M
Telescope:
RCOS 16 inch f/8.7 Ritchey-Chretien
Mount:
Software Bisque Paramount ME
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