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M81 - Bode's galaxy and M82 - Cigar galaxy
Captured on the ZWO Seestar S50 smart-scope and processed in Siril and GIMP using Graxpert, SETI-astro tools, StarNet star removal and SCUnet noise reduction.
289 x 30sec subframes

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Darren Flynn May 1

M81 - Bode's Galaxy and M82 - Cigar Galaxy
A pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major approx 11.5 million light years away. M82 is undergoing furious star formation because of the gravitational interaction with M81.

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Darren Flynn May 1

M81 - Bode's Galaxy and M82 - Cigar Galaxy
A pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major approx 11.5 million light years away. M82 is undergoing furious star formation because of the gravitational interaction with M81.

#zwoastro #seestar #astrophotography #seestar_s50 #cloughjordandarkskybowl #darksky #deepsky #galaxy #cosmos #siril #GIMP #graxpert

Darren Flynn Apr 30

NGC 869 - Double Cluster in the constellation Perseus. It's 7500 light years away approx and weighing in at around 20k solar masses.

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