Note: click on the image to view it at the full resolution of the uploaded image, then click again for actual size.

Total image time was 7.25 hours.

Exposure	436x60 sec.
GAIN	100
Camera	ZWO SeeStar S30Pro [3840 × 2160] IMX585
Optics	ZWO SeeStar S30Pro EQ mode [Focal length 160, Aperture 30 mm, f/5.3]
Guiding	None
Controller	Seestar
Filter	Triad Quad Ultra [Ha, OIII, SII, and H-Beta]
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2026-04-24,26,27
Processing	Processed in PixInsight.	BlurXTerminator SetiAstro Automatic DBE Find Background SpectrophotometricColourCalibration NoiseXTerminator MultiscaleAdaptiveStretch MultiscaleMedianTransform BlurXTerminator

Date: April 27, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M081-Bodes%20Galaxy-M082-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_426x60_MAS_V2.jpg Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M081-Bodes%20Galaxy-M082-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_105x60-copy-2.jpg
M81, Bodes Galaxy and M82, the Cigar Galaxy . M82 was discovered, along with its neighbor M81, by the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1774. Located 12 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major, M82 has an apparent magnitude of 8.4

Note: click on the image to view it at the full resolution of the uploaded image, then click again for actual size.

Total image time was 1.75 hours.

Exposure	105x60 sec.
GAIN	100
Camera	ZWO SeeStar S30Pro [3840 × 2160] IMX585
Optics	ZWO SeeStar S30Pro EQ mode [Focal length 160, Aperture 30 mm, f/5.3]
Guiding	None
Controller	Seestar
Filter	Triad Quad Ultra [Ha, OIII, SII, and H-Beta]
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2026-04-24
Processing	Processed in PixInsight.	BlurXTerminator SetiAstro Automatic DBE Find Background SpectrophotometricColourCalibration NoiseXTerminator MultiscaleAdaptiveStretch MultiscaleMedianTransform

Date: April 26, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M081-Bodes%20Galaxy-M082-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_105x60-copy-2.jpg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M081-Bodes%20Galaxy-M082-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_105x60-copy.jpg
M81, Bodes Galaxy and M82, the Cigar Galaxy . M82 was discovered, along with its neighbor M81, by the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1774. Located 12 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major, M82 has an apparent magnitude of 8.4

Note: click on the image to view it at the full resolution of the uploaded image, then click again for actual size.

Total image time was 1.75 hours.

Exposure	105x60 sec.
GAIN	100
Camera	ZWO SeeStar S30Pro [3840 × 2160] IMX585
Optics	ZWO SeeStar S30Pro EQ mode [Focal length 160, Aperture 30 mm, f/5.3]
Guiding	None
Controller	Seestar
Filter	Triad Quad Ultra [Ha, OIII, SII, and H-Beta]
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2026-04-24
Processing	Processed in PixInsight.	BlurXTerminator SetiAstro Automatic DBE Find Background SpectrophotometricColourCalibration NoiseXTerminator MultiscaleAdaptiveStretch MultiscaleMedianTransform

Date: April 26, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M081-Bodes%20Galaxy-M082-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_105x60-copy.jpg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M081-Bodes%20Galaxy-M082-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M81-M82_1742656409.jpg
M81, Bodes Galaxy and M82, the Cigar Galaxy . M82 was discovered, along with its neighbor M81, by the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1774. Located 12 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major, M82 has an apparent magnitude of 8.4

Note: click on the image to view it at the full resolution of the uploaded image, then click again for actual size.

Total image time was 5 hours.

Exposure	11x20 min.+ 8x10 min.
GAIN	100
Camera	ToupTek ATR2600C [6224 x 4168]
Optics	120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Proxisky UMi20S Strain Wave mount
Guiding	ToupTek GPM462M using Phd2
Controller	Kstars on MeLe Quieter 4C
Filter	Optolong L-eNhance
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2025-03-14, 2025-03-20
Processing	Processed in PixInsight.	SetiAstro Automatic DBE SpectrophotometricColourCalibration BlurXTerminator NoiseXTerminator Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (GHS) (using Blair MacDonald's excellent YT Tutorial) StarXTerminator In the starless image: CurvesTransformation, MultiscaleLinearTransform PixelMath recombination ~((~stars)*(~starless))

Date: March 26, 2025 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M081-Bodes%20Galaxy-M082-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M81-M82_1742656409.jpg Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:50:04 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M081-Bodes%20Galaxy-M082-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M81-M82-Cropped.jpg
M81, Bodes Galaxy and M82, the Cigar Galaxy . M82 was discovered, along with its neighbor M81, by the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1774. Located 12 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major, M82 has an apparent magnitude of 8.4

Note: click on the image to view it at the full resolution of the uploaded image, then click again for actual size.

Total image time was 2.3 hours.

Exposure	7x20 min.
GAIN	100
Camera	ToupTek ATR2600C [6224 x 4168]
Optics	120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Proxisky UMi20S Strain Wave mount
Guiding	ToupTek GPM462M using Phd2
Controller	Kstars on MeLe Quieter 3C
Filter	Triad Quad Ultra
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2025-02-05
Processing	Processed in PixInsight.	GraXpert Background Neutralization SpectrophotometricColourCalibration BlurXTerminator NoiseXTerminator Statistical Stretch StarXTerminator In the starless image: HDRMultiScaleTransform Mask creation Extract CIE L* component to create the mask Apply it to the starless image CurvesTransformation on the starless image - apply Saturation PixelMath recombination ~((~stars)*(~starless))

Date: March 26, 2025 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M081-Bodes%20Galaxy-M082-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M81-M82-Cropped.jpg Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:50:04 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M081-Bodes%20Galaxy-M082-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M81-M82.jpg
M81, Bodes Galaxy and M82, the Cigar Galaxy . M82 was discovered, along with its neighbor M81, by the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1774. Located 12 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major, M82 has an apparent magnitude of 8.4

Total image time was 14.67 hours.

Exposure	12x20 min.
ISO	3200
Camera	Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
Optics	120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Celestron CGX mount
Guiding	ZWO ASI224MC using Phd2
Controller	Kstars on MeLe Quieter 3C
Filter	Triad Quad Ultra
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2021-03-21 -> 2023-02-19
Processing	Processed in PixInsight.	Dynamic Background Extractor BlurXTerminator NoiseXTerminator ScreenTransfer Stretch StarXTerminator CurvesTransformation on the starless image PixelMath recombination

Date: March 26, 2025 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M081-Bodes%20Galaxy-M082-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M81-M82.jpg Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:50:04 -0300