Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3718  ·  NGC 3729
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NGC 3718, Stefan Böckler
NGC 3718
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NGC 3718

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NGC 3718, Stefan Böckler
NGC 3718
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NGC 3718

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This is how an image looks if your ambition outweighs your talent (freely quoted from Casey Stoner, former MotoGP champion and part time aphorist).

There were so many awesome images of this object on Astrobin lately I had to give it a try but I really struggled. The gradients were a real pain, I accidentally shot with ISO800 and ISO1600 in another session, there was unusual banding and the ASTAP stacks always had patterns of strange hot pixels. Over ten hours of data were trashed because of bad conditions or a bright moon... In my desparation I tried stacking in Siril which resulted in an acceptable result. But the image is still far from impressive.

In the end I call it a day and add this great galaxy to my gallery. With more experience I may revisit this object some day.

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