Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3718  ·  NGC 3729
NGC 3718 - DSLR Image, gonzodaruler
NGC 3718 - DSLR Image
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NGC 3718 - DSLR Image

NGC 3718 - DSLR Image, gonzodaruler
NGC 3718 - DSLR Image
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NGC 3718 - DSLR Image

Equipment

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Description

This is the dimmest DSO I have ever photographed. NGC 3718, about 50 million light years away from earth with a apparent magnitude of 10.6. This is also the first time I use flats and I must admit the help a lot. Will continue to do this from now on ;)

Setup:

- Meade LX90 10inch SCT

- HEQ-5 Pro mount

- Canon EOS 5dmk4

- TS-Optics 80mm guide scope

- Orion StarShoot Autoguider Pro Mono

Image Details:

- 55 x 240sec

- ISO 3200

Processing (PixInsight):

- Calibration (100 bias, 50 darks, 50 flats)

- Debayer, Superpixel

- Registration

- Drizzle, 2x, 0.8 drop shrink

- Automatic Background Extraction

- Channelmatch

- Deconvolution

- ATWT

- Background Neutralization

- Histogram Transformation

- Curves Transformation

- Denoise

Comments

Revisions

  • NGC 3718 - DSLR Image, gonzodaruler
    Original
  • NGC 3718 - DSLR Image, gonzodaruler
    B
  • Final
    NGC 3718 - DSLR Image, gonzodaruler
    C

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NGC 3718 - DSLR Image, gonzodaruler