This week’s small telescope target is the Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major. Astronomers catalog it as M82 and NGC 3034. Last week, I talked about Bode’s Galaxy (M81). Well, point your telescope 37 ...

The Cigar Galaxy is also known as Messier 82 ... been stirred up by a recent pass near its neighbor, large spiral galaxy M81, but this doesn’s explain the source of the red glowing outwardly ...