Messier 82 - NGC 3034

"The Cigar Galaxy"

• TYPE:  Spiral Galaxy, Type I0
• RA: 09h 55.8'
• DEC:  +69degrees 41'
• SIZE:  12.0 X 5.6'
• VISUAL MAGNITUDE:  8.4
• SURFACE BRIGHTNESS:  12.8
• CONSTELLATION:  Ursa Major
• DISTANCE:  7 Million Light Years
• DIAMETER:  22  Thousand Light Years

IMAGING INFORMATION

• TELESCOPE:  RCOS Carbon fiber 10 inch R/C reflector, on a Parramount GT1100
• REDUCER/CORRECTOR:  None / operating at 9.0 FL
• CAMERA:  Santa Barbara Instruments Group, ST-8XME Digital (Thermoelectrically cooled)
• ADAPTIVE OPTICS:  None, Off-axis guiding with a ST402XME and a Astro Don ROAG
• FILTER(S):  Astro Don LRGB
• CCD COOLING TEMPERATURE:  -20 C
• BINNING/RESOLUTION:  2 X 2 (765 X 510) LRGB resized to 1530x1020
• EXPOSURE TIME:  5 min. Luminance,Red, Green, Blue.
• NUMBER OF IMAGES:  12, 12, 12, 12
• FILM SPEED:  N/A
• DATE/TIME:  01-02-2009 / 07:30:48.690 UTC
• LOCATION:  Valley Center, California
• TEMPERATURE:  52 degrees
• HUMIDITY:  55%

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