Well, for all who know me a bit closer, know how much I love those galaxies 😊, hence the little sarcastic subject line for this image 😊. But hey, there was almost no question that I had to go for one, since the morning hours of our nights are already deep in galaxy season territory. And wasting any clear skies is for some time now not allowed anymore, even if it is a galaxy image 😊😊.

And I added another little experiment with this image: I wanted to see what changes with the camera "only". So using the very same setup, but instead of using the ASI1600 as done in 2021 the ASI6200 was in action. Will I see in any form a difference that is significant (Version E)? Almost same integration time, not sure about the sky conditions though, that could have played a role here.

The result nevertheless was for me stunning! Significant? I would say so! Sure, the processing changed the last 3 years, and yes, maybe, very maybe, that made a huge difference, I doubt it though since I remember how much time I spent with the 2021 image to get any nice color into it, really fought hard for it (those fights are one of the reasons why I LOVE those galaxy images 😊😊😊).

And this time I did not do anything spectacular with the image, yes, BXT and NXT are helpers to make the image cleaner, but for galaxies not that relevant (good choice by me LOLOL). I am actually not that fond of the stars in this image, hence my conclusion, it could not have been those tools. In order to make a statistically significant judgement I would need to do that at least 10 more times, still, my gut feeling for this significant difference is indeed the much higher sensitivity of the new sensor in the 6200 (yes, that is why it costs much more too).

And a good thing on top: I actually like this result and might get excited for galaxy season (not really 😂😂).

Carpe noctem!

P.S.: I really like galaxy images ... from all of you!

* This image was not and will not be submitted for IOTD consideration