Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  HD103829  ·  M 109  ·  NGC 3992
M 109 - Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy, Pavle Culum
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M 109 - Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy

M 109 - Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy, Pavle Culum
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M 109 - Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy

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Probably my last target for this year's galaxy season, this is a beautiful barred spiral galaxy that for some reason i've been ignoring thus far.

This one took a bit more processing than normally, as i've had some bad data due to the wildfire smoke that's been hovering above my head for weeks now, causing some really bad gradients. I'm also experimenting with adding artificial diffraction spikes just to see whether they make the images more pleasing to my eyes. Not fully convinced yet, but figured i'd leave them in on this one.

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M 109 - Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy, Pavle Culum