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NGC 2903 (inc NGC 2905 & NGC 2916), Piers Palmer
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NGC 2903 (inc NGC 2905 & NGC 2916)

NGC 2903 (inc NGC 2905 & NGC 2916), Piers Palmer
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NGC 2903 (inc NGC 2905 & NGC 2916)

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I like this sort of shot. I had little hope for the evening based on the forecast, so just polar-aligned the scope and fiddled with the map bit of ASIair, stumbled across an interesting looking galaxy and thought I'd see what happened. Evidently, it stayed clear. 

I like these more obscure targets. 

I didn't bother with local normailisation on this one, as I was feeling impatient, but I might try again and see if there's any noticeable difference worthy of the additional hour and a bit it will add to the processing time. 

Incidentally, I recorded my darkest ever SQM reading (21.43); I guess the air was unusually clear?

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  • NGC 2903 (inc NGC 2905 & NGC 2916), Piers Palmer
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    NGC 2903 (inc NGC 2905 & NGC 2916), Piers Palmer
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Description: Processed with local normalisation. Not sure I can see any difference. The increased colour saturation was not a result of that....that's just an aesthetic choice by me!

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NGC 2903 (inc NGC 2905 & NGC 2916), Piers Palmer

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