Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Sextans (Sex)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3165  ·  NGC 3166  ·  NGC 3169
NGC 3166 and NGC 3169, 1074j
NGC 3166 and NGC 3169
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NGC 3166 and NGC 3169

NGC 3166 and NGC 3169, 1074j
NGC 3166 and NGC 3169
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NGC 3166 and NGC 3169

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A couple of interesting interacting galaxies in Sextans. I tried to bring out the multiple tidal streams which are very faint. Seeing was excellent (for my location) for most of the lum subs at around 1.5 arc seconds. The lum master was a composite of the best 50% of the subs for the bright areas and all the subs for the dim areas. L 28x350s, RGB 12x200s 2x2 binned.

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  • NGC 3166 and NGC 3169, 1074j
    Original
  • NGC 3166 and NGC 3169, 1074j
    B
  • NGC 3166 and NGC 3169, 1074j
    C
  • Final
    NGC 3166 and NGC 3169, 1074j
    D

B

Description: Better RGB alignment, more color in the outer area of galaxies, slightly more noise reduction.

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C

Description: tidal stream enhancement

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D

Description: and one more revision....unsharp mask applied to cores of galaxies

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NGC 3166 and NGC 3169, 1074j