The galaxy Messier 82 (M82, NGC 3034, "Cigar Galaxy") with the Type Ia Supernova SN 2014J (first appearance
on January 15, 2014) in the constellation Ursa Major on February 24/25, 2014. Messier 82 is about 12 million light years from earth and was discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1774
(source: Wikipedia).
Eighteen 3 minute exposures at ISO 800 were added for this shot with the DeepSkyStacker software (resulting in a 59 minutes exposure)
and the final image processing was done in Photoshop.
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Equipment: Canon EOS 450D Baader modified camera, TeleVue Paracorr Type II coma corrector,
16" f/4.5 "Ninja" dobsonian telescope riding on a dual-axis Tom Osypowski equatorial platform,
Lacerta MGEN autoguider, Lacerta off axis system (field of view comparison:
image of the moon with the same equipment).
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