The Tiger’s Eye Galaxy is an un-barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. Based on a Hubble survey it is estimated to be about 46 million light-years away. It is circumpolar, rising highest in the deep winter months before setting in late summer (typically late July to August in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere). While comparatively bright, the Tiger’s Eye is small and distant, being only 6′ x 3′ of angle in the night sky. 

This image was made with a Nikon Z7II and a Nikon 600mm f/6.3 lens. A total of 100 40 second exposures at ISO 3200 were made for about 66 minutes of total exposure time. Star tracking was with a Fornax LighTrack II. Deep Sky Stacker was used to produce aligned tif files that were then sigma-clip averaged, stretched, and color corrected using Python code. Final image processing including noise reduction with Topaz DeNoise AI and some curves adjustments were done with Capture One.