Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2903
NGC 2903, Chris Sullivan
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NGC 2903

NGC 2903, Chris Sullivan
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NGC 2903

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This just didn't come out how I was hoping. You'd think a bright galaxy like this wouldn't be all that difficult, but processing this was a nightmare. I think I shot myself in the foot by stacking the Orion SkyGlow Astrophotography filter in front of the reducer - I think it absolutely killed my blue channel (my green looks great, for what it's worth) and my lum data doesn't look much better. I've changed the filter situation already, but 1-2 images in the works will suffer for it as well. I got to say: Broadband under the bright skies of suburban Philadelphia is just tough. I refuse to give up - galaxies have always been my favorite subjects - but processing narrowband data is at least 10 times easier for me.

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Description: 9/26/2020: I've been wanting to reprocess this for a long time. This target was at the top of my list when I put the RC back up to go after galaxies back in February of 2019, but I messed up my acquisition thanks to inexperience with the scope and camera combo (this was my first image with the QHY183 on the RC) as well as stacking filters. I've even thought about reshooting it, but I don't see myself getting back to this target anytime soon.

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NGC 2903, Chris Sullivan