The Cigar Galaxy
- Acquisition Details
- Captured Date: 12/19/2025 - 12/21/2025
- Total Integration Time: appx 4.5 hours.
- Location Information
- Constellation: Ursa Major
- Coordinates (RA,DA): 148.9705, 69.67948
- Pixel Scale: 0.993 arcsec/pixel
- Distance: 11.4 ± 1 Million light-years
- Catalogue Designations
- Messier: M82
- NGC: NGC3034
- Equipment Used
- Mount: iOptron CEM70
- Telescope: Skywatcher Quattro 250P
- Guider Type: Off Axis Guider
- Guider Camera: ZWO ASI220MM Mini
- Focuser: ZWO EAF
- Main Camera: ZWO ASI071MC One Shot Color
Low Quality Capture, It was on the edge of the frame on my capture of M81.
M82 is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. 1