Messier 82, the Cigar galaxy

Messier 82 is about 13 million light-years from us and has the particularity of being a starbust galaxy. It means it exhibits an exceptional new star formation rate compared to other galaxies.

Astro-Physics 92 Stowaway refractor, ZWO ASI 178 MMC camera. Total exposure time: 14 hours and 30 minutes.