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      Featured wallpaper
      Wallpaper author:
      Bernard Miller

      23 Jun 2025

      M82

      This is a dataset of M82. It is a starburst galaxy about 12 million lightyears away in the constellation Ursa Major. It is about five times more luminous than the Milky Way galaxy. The starburst activity is thought to have been caused by interaction with nearby M81.

      Dataset author
      Bernard Miller
      T-17

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      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Galaxy
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI Proline PL16803
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 09 55 52.4 Dec 69 40 47
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Northern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        United States of America
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        16 Dec 2021 - 26 Jan 2022
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      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance18009h18
      Red8004h18
      Blue8474h17
      Green8474h17
      Halpha12716h17

      M82