One more galaxy before telescope maintenance

With the moles digging in under my telescope mount, it has finally got to the point where I need to dismantle my telescope setup and construct a new foundation. With the ground softened up with the rain and the full moon coming up this is an ideal time to do the work. So this is the last image for awhile. 

Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy or M82) is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. A member of the M81 Group, it is about five times more luminous than the Milky Way and has a center one hundred times more luminous. The starburst activity (deep red structures blowing up to either side) is thought to have been triggered by interaction with neighboring galaxy M81. As the closest starburst galaxy to Earth, M82 is the prototypical example of this galaxy type (wiki).

M82 (Cigar Galaxy) - May 10, June 4,5,6, 2022
EdgeHD11; ASI2600mm at f/10
4 hours Ha; 4 hrs RGB color
https://astrob.in/mhkrsd/0/

Imaging this galactic wonder was rather easy as M82 is fairly bright. Getting the starburst regions to show was a challenge in post-processing. The main galaxy was imaged in RGB. The starburst regions were captured in Ha. But the Ha was also fairly prominent in the galaxy's central core and extremes. Normal HaRGB combination techniques gave the whole image a pinkish cast. So I had to crop out and adjust the saturation levels of the Ha master prior to combination with the RGB color master. Took a bit of time, but the result was  pleasing.

Hopefully the maintenance on the mount and scope wont take too long and I'll be imaging again come next new moon in a couple of weeks.