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Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, is an edge-on starburst galaxy in Ursa Major, located about 12 million light-years away and gravitationally paired with the larger spiral M81, from which it lies only about 130,000-150,000 light-years distant. A close gravitational encounter between the two galaxies millions of years ago distorted M82's disk and triggered an intense, ongoing burst of star formation, giving the galaxy its classification as a starburst galaxy. This furious star formation drives a galactic superwind of ionized gas that streams outward above and below the galaxy's disk, visible in Hα as reddish filamentary plumes extending well beyond the compact ~40,000-light-year stellar disk. Combining broadband color data with Hα is the standard approach for capturing both M82's disk and its distinctive superwind.

[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82]

Moon Phase	First Quarter
Camera	Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics	160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Date	2026-04-24
PixInsight Processing	Drizzle Integration (x2) Channel Combination (x2) Background Neutralization Automatic Background Extraction Dynamic Background Extraction Dynamic Crop Spectrophotometric Color Calibration NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise) Multiscale Adaptive Stretch Curves Transformation BlurXTerminator (AI deconvolution)

Date: July 28, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_426x60_V1+copy.jpg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_105x60_V2.jpg Click on the image to view it at full resolution, then click again for actual size.

Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, is an edge-on starburst galaxy in Ursa Major, located about 12 million light-years away and gravitationally paired with the larger spiral M81, from which it lies only about 130,000-150,000 light-years distant. A close gravitational encounter between the two galaxies millions of years ago distorted M82's disk and triggered an intense, ongoing burst of star formation, giving the galaxy its classification as a starburst galaxy. This furious star formation drives a galactic superwind of ionized gas that streams outward above and below the galaxy's disk, visible in Hα as reddish filamentary plumes extending well beyond the compact ~40,000-light-year stellar disk. Combining broadband color data with Hα is the standard approach for capturing both M82's disk and its distinctive superwind.

[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82]

Moon Phase	First Quarter
Camera	Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics	160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Date	2026-04-24
PixInsight Processing	Image Integration (x3) Channel Combination Background Neutralization Automatic Background Extraction Dynamic Background Extraction Spectrophotometric Color Calibration NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise) Multiscale Adaptive Stretch Multiscale Median Transform Curves Transformation

Date: July 28, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_105x60_V2.jpg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_105x60.jpg Click on the image to view it at full resolution, then click again for actual size.

Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, is an edge-on starburst galaxy in Ursa Major, located about 12 million light-years away and gravitationally paired with the larger spiral M81, from which it lies only about 130,000-150,000 light-years distant. A close gravitational encounter between the two galaxies millions of years ago distorted M82's disk and triggered an intense, ongoing burst of star formation, giving the galaxy its classification as a starburst galaxy. This furious star formation drives a galactic superwind of ionized gas that streams outward above and below the galaxy's disk, visible in Hα as reddish filamentary plumes extending well beyond the compact ~40,000-light-year stellar disk. Combining broadband color data with Hα is the standard approach for capturing both M82's disk and its distinctive superwind.

[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82]

Moon Phase	First Quarter
Camera	Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics	160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Date	2026-04-24
PixInsight Processing	Image Integration (x3) Channel Combination Background Neutralization Automatic Background Extraction Dynamic Background Extraction Spectrophotometric Color Calibration NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise) Multiscale Adaptive Stretch Multiscale Median Transform Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch BlurXTerminator (AI deconvolution) Curves Transformation

Date: July 28, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_105x60.jpg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_105x60+copy.jpg Click on the image to view it at full resolution, then click again for actual size.

Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, is an edge-on starburst galaxy in Ursa Major, located about 12 million light-years away and gravitationally paired with the larger spiral M81, from which it lies only about 130,000-150,000 light-years distant. A close gravitational encounter between the two galaxies millions of years ago distorted M82's disk and triggered an intense, ongoing burst of star formation, giving the galaxy its classification as a starburst galaxy. This furious star formation drives a galactic superwind of ionized gas that streams outward above and below the galaxy's disk, visible in Hα as reddish filamentary plumes extending well beyond the compact ~40,000-light-year stellar disk. Combining broadband color data with Hα is the standard approach for capturing both M82's disk and its distinctive superwind.

[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82]

Moon Phase	First Quarter
Camera	Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics	160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Date	2026-04-24
PixInsight Processing	Image Integration (x3) Channel Combination Background Neutralization Automatic Background Extraction Dynamic Background Extraction Spectrophotometric Color Calibration NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise) Multiscale Adaptive Stretch Multiscale Median Transform Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch BlurXTerminator (AI deconvolution) Curves Transformation

Date: July 28, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-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/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_IR_CUT_522x60.jpg Click on the image to view it at full resolution, then click again for actual size.

Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, is an edge-on starburst galaxy in Ursa Major, located about 12 million light-years away and gravitationally paired with the larger spiral M81, from which it lies only about 130,000-150,000 light-years distant. A close gravitational encounter between the two galaxies millions of years ago distorted M82's disk and triggered an intense, ongoing burst of star formation, giving the galaxy its classification as a starburst galaxy. This furious star formation drives a galactic superwind of ionized gas that streams outward above and below the galaxy's disk, visible in Hα as reddish filamentary plumes extending well beyond the compact ~40,000-light-year stellar disk. Combining broadband color data with Hα is the standard approach for capturing both M82's disk and its distinctive superwind.

[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82]

Moon Phase	First Quarter
Camera	Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics	160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Date	2026-04-24
PixInsight Processing	Image Integration Fast Integration Drizzle Integration (x2) Background Neutralization Automatic Background Extraction Dynamic Background Extraction Spectrophotometric Color Calibration NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise) (x2) Multiscale Adaptive Stretch Curves Transformation (x2) Multiscale Linear Transform BlurXTerminator (AI deconvolution)

Date: July 28, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_IR_CUT_522x60.jpg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_426x60_V1.jpg Click on the image to view it at full resolution, then click again for actual size.

Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, is an edge-on starburst galaxy in Ursa Major, located about 12 million light-years away and gravitationally paired with the larger spiral M81, from which it lies only about 130,000-150,000 light-years distant. A close gravitational encounter between the two galaxies millions of years ago distorted M82's disk and triggered an intense, ongoing burst of star formation, giving the galaxy its classification as a starburst galaxy. This furious star formation drives a galactic superwind of ionized gas that streams outward above and below the galaxy's disk, visible in Hα as reddish filamentary plumes extending well beyond the compact ~40,000-light-year stellar disk. Combining broadband color data with Hα is the standard approach for capturing both M82's disk and its distinctive superwind.

[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82]

Moon Phase	First Quarter
Camera	Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics	160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Date	2026-04-24
PixInsight Processing	Drizzle Integration (x2) Channel Combination (x2) Background Neutralization Automatic Background Extraction Dynamic Background Extraction Dynamic Crop Spectrophotometric Color Calibration NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise) Multiscale Adaptive Stretch Curves Transformation BlurXTerminator (AI deconvolution)

Date: July 28, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_426x60_V1.jpg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_IR_CUT_522x60_Annotated.jpg Click on the image to view it at full resolution, then click again for actual size.

Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, is an edge-on starburst galaxy in Ursa Major, located about 12 million light-years away and gravitationally paired with the larger spiral M81, from which it lies only about 130,000-150,000 light-years distant. A close gravitational encounter between the two galaxies millions of years ago distorted M82's disk and triggered an intense, ongoing burst of star formation, giving the galaxy its classification as a starburst galaxy. This furious star formation drives a galactic superwind of ionized gas that streams outward above and below the galaxy's disk, visible in Hα as reddish filamentary plumes extending well beyond the compact ~40,000-light-year stellar disk. Combining broadband color data with Hα is the standard approach for capturing both M82's disk and its distinctive superwind.

[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82]

Moon Phase	First Quarter
Camera	Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics	160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Date	2026-04-24
PixInsight Processing	Image Integration Fast Integration Drizzle Integration (x2) Background Neutralization Automatic Background Extraction Dynamic Background Extraction Spectrophotometric Color Calibration NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise) (x2) Multiscale Adaptive Stretch Curves Transformation (x2) Multiscale Linear Transform BlurXTerminator (AI deconvolution)

Date: July 28, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_IR_CUT_522x60_Annotated.jpg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_426x60_GHS_V1.jpg Click on the image to view it at full resolution, then click again for actual size.

Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, is an edge-on starburst galaxy in Ursa Major, located about 12 million light-years away and gravitationally paired with the larger spiral M81, from which it lies only about 130,000-150,000 light-years distant. A close gravitational encounter between the two galaxies millions of years ago distorted M82's disk and triggered an intense, ongoing burst of star formation, giving the galaxy its classification as a starburst galaxy. This furious star formation drives a galactic superwind of ionized gas that streams outward above and below the galaxy's disk, visible in Hα as reddish filamentary plumes extending well beyond the compact ~40,000-light-year stellar disk. Combining broadband color data with Hα is the standard approach for capturing both M82's disk and its distinctive superwind.

[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82]

Moon Phase	First Quarter
Camera	Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics	160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Date	2026-04-24
PixInsight Processing	Drizzle Integration (x2) Channel Combination (x2) Background Neutralization Automatic Background Extraction Dynamic Background Extraction Dynamic Crop Spectrophotometric Color Calibration NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise) StarXTerminator (star removal) Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (x9) PixelMath Curves Transformation (x2)

Date: July 28, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_426x60_GHS_V1.jpg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0300 https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_105x60+copy+2.jpg Click on the image to view it at full resolution, then click again for actual size.

Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, is an edge-on starburst galaxy in Ursa Major, located about 12 million light-years away and gravitationally paired with the larger spiral M81, from which it lies only about 130,000-150,000 light-years distant. A close gravitational encounter between the two galaxies millions of years ago distorted M82's disk and triggered an intense, ongoing burst of star formation, giving the galaxy its classification as a starburst galaxy. This furious star formation drives a galactic superwind of ionized gas that streams outward above and below the galaxy's disk, visible in Hα as reddish filamentary plumes extending well beyond the compact ~40,000-light-year stellar disk. Combining broadband color data with Hα is the standard approach for capturing both M82's disk and its distinctive superwind.

[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82]

Moon Phase	First Quarter
Camera	Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics	160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Date	2026-04-24
PixInsight Processing	Image Integration (x3) Channel Combination Background Neutralization Automatic Background Extraction Dynamic Background Extraction Spectrophotometric Color Calibration NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise) Multiscale Adaptive Stretch Multiscale Median Transform Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch BlurXTerminator (AI deconvolution) Curves Transformation

Date: July 28, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-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/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_426x60_MAS_V2.jpg Click on the image to view it at full resolution, then click again for actual size.

Messier 82, the Cigar Galaxy, is an edge-on starburst galaxy in Ursa Major, located about 12 million light-years away and gravitationally paired with the larger spiral M81, from which it lies only about 130,000-150,000 light-years distant. A close gravitational encounter between the two galaxies millions of years ago distorted M82's disk and triggered an intense, ongoing burst of star formation, giving the galaxy its classification as a starburst galaxy. This furious star formation drives a galactic superwind of ionized gas that streams outward above and below the galaxy's disk, visible in Hα as reddish filamentary plumes extending well beyond the compact ~40,000-light-year stellar disk. Combining broadband color data with Hα is the standard approach for capturing both M82's disk and its distinctive superwind.

[Source: Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_82]

Moon Phase	First Quarter
Camera	Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics	160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Date	2026-04-24
PixInsight Processing	Drizzle Integration (x2) Channel Combination (x2) Background Neutralization Automatic Background Extraction Dynamic Background Extraction Dynamic Crop Spectrophotometric Color Calibration NoiseXTerminator (AI denoise) Multiscale Adaptive Stretch Curves Transformation (x2) BlurXTerminator (AI deconvolution)

Date: July 28, 2026 ]]> https://www.sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Galaxies/M82-Cigar-Galaxy&image=M82_RGB_426x60_MAS_V2.jpg Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0300