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M74 (The Phantom Galaxy)

M74 (The Phantom Galaxy) was one of the first targets of JWST. This image is from my backyard in Long Beach, CA using a Celestron Edge HD 925 at focal length 535 mm with Hyperstar. I used Optolong LRGB filters with an Atik 414-EX camera to get the following stacks:

 

L channel: 178 25 s exposures

R channel: 65 75 s exposures

G channel: 59 75 s exposures

B channel: 60 75 s exposures

 

Preprocessing in Nebulosity with dark, bias, and flat frames. Registration, stacking, channel combination, and initial processing in PixInsight. Photoshop and Topaz Labs for final processing and noise removal.

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Uploaded on November 24, 2022
Taken on November 19, 2022