M82 (Cigar Galaxy) February 20th, 2006 Orion 9.25 SCT -> Digital Rebel XT prime focus Losmandy GM-8 24x30sec shots at ISO 1600 (Dark Applied) I'm happy with this one. I tried for its companion M81, but it just got washed out with the haze of bad transparency. Again, the color looks pretty good in the 9.25" SCT.

Same as above reprocessed M82 (Cigar Galaxy) February 20th, 2006 Orion 9.25 SCT -> Digital Rebel XT prime focus Losmandy GM-8 24x30sec shots at ISO 1600 (Dark Applied) This is the same as above but reprocessed with modern tools Again, the color looks pretty good in the 9.25" SCT.