Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  IC 342
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IC 342 Monochrome - The Hidden Galaxy, Ben Koltenbah
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IC 342 Monochrome - The Hidden Galaxy

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IC 342 Monochrome - The Hidden Galaxy, Ben Koltenbah
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IC 342 Monochrome - The Hidden Galaxy

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IC 342 in monochrome. This is often called the Hidden Galaxy given its location "hidden" in the Milky Way foreground. This makes for a difficult target to image. I had just a few hours available to integrate on this object and ended up only keeping 2 hours on the L channel. That's really not nearly enough to do this object justice. I did quite a bit of processing gymnastics to flatten out the background and not have to move the black point too much. Additionally I had a bad night of guiding and, I suspect, cable drag. If possible I'd like to return to this one, perhaps at F7.

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  • IC 342 Monochrome - The Hidden Galaxy, Ben Koltenbah
    Original
  • IC 342 Monochrome - The Hidden Galaxy, Ben Koltenbah
    B
  • IC 342 Monochrome - The Hidden Galaxy, Ben Koltenbah
    C
  • Final
    IC 342 Monochrome - The Hidden Galaxy, Ben Koltenbah
    D

B

Description: Inverted L Image

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C

Description: Annotated L Image

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D

Description: Updated L Image
This version was done with more careful noise processing, particularly during the initial linear steps. I also purposefully did not move the black point too far to the right.

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IC 342 Monochrome - The Hidden Galaxy, Ben Koltenbah

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