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NGC1232 - RGB

After a stressful battle to find out what was wrong with my colour calibration, I think I have it worked out (After two years of having the problem, and not knowing it). The main fault resulting in over the top saturation that I couldn't see - very embarrassing. I'm praying it now looks okay?

 

This is a smallish galaxy at only 7.8 arcminutes, and close to 10th mag. This is a small data set of 2.5 hours, but enough data to have some fun.

 

This is my first LRGB image for about 18 months, following a long testing period of working with my equipment at home with new software. I'm now looking forward to many more new LRGB data sets flowing in.

 

Information about the image:

 

Instrument: Planewave CDK 12.5 | Focal Ratio: F8

Camera: STXL-11002 + AOX | Mount: AP900GTO

Camera Sensitivity: Lum BIN 1x1, RGB BIN 2x2

Exposure Details: Lum 900sec x 4, RGB 300sec x 5

Viewing Location: Central Victoria, Australia.

Observatory: ScopeDome 3m

Software Enhancements: CCDStack2, CCDBand-Aid, PS, Pixinsight

Comment: Reasonable seeing conditions, but a very small data set for this fainter object.

Author: Steven Mohr

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Uploaded on December 30, 2016