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M94 LRGB

Target:M94, Croc's Eye Galaxy, spiral galaxy, Canes Venatici, 16 million light years away.

 

Location:23-04-2022, Aberdaron, North Wales, Bortle 2, No Moon, wind gusts.

 

Acquisition:30x 120s Red, 26x 120s Green, 24x 120s Blue, 51x 120s Lum. Calibrated with Darks, Dark Flats, Flats. Total integration 4.4 hours.

 

Equipment:Skywatcher 200P, HEQ5pro, Altair H183Mpro. ZWO EFWmini and LRGB. Baader MPCC MkIII Coma Corrector.

 

Guiding:Skywatcher 9x50 Finder with 2x barlow and Altai GPCAMAR0130M.

 

Software:NINA, PHD2, EQMOD.

 

Processing:Affinity Photo, Siril, StarXTerminator, Topaz DeNoise AI.

 

Memories:Wind gusts affecting guiding and a disconected power cable to my 7 port USB3 hub on the OTA caused banding on the subframes meaning only moderate stretching of the data was possible.

 

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Uploaded on May 13, 2022