M81 and M82 Galaxies

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M81 and M82 Galaxies

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Equipment and other photo info:
Skywatcher ED80, Canon 300d, 15x420sec @ ISO800
Manually guided with Maksutov 90/1250 + Microguide EP 12.5mm
Mount: EQ6 Vis
Processing software: DeepSkyStacker, PixInsight 1.0, Photoshop CS3

Object info:
On left is the Messier 81 (M81, NGC 3031) in Ursa Major, one of the most conspicuous galaxies in the sky, and one of the nearest beyond the Local Group. It is a conspicuous spiral galaxy. On right is the Messier 82 (M82, NGC 3034), a remarkable galaxy of peculiar type in constellation Ursa Major. It is usually classified as irregular, though probably a distorted disk galaxy, and famous for its heavy star-forming activity, thus a prototype member of the class of starbursting galaxies.

More information about this object at: http://seds.org/messier/M/m082.html

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