I'm also told it's called the 'hockey stick galaxy' by some maple syrup loving people up north. Also glad I managed to get some of the faint tidal tail on the crowbar galaxy, especially since on the first night I was capturing this 30 degrees from a nearly full moon. Captured April 5th, 14th, and 15th, 2020 from a Bortle 7 zone.
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**[Equipment:](
i.imgur.com/BYyK1wu.jpg)**
* TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian
* Orion Sirius EQ-G
* ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
* Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
* ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm
* Astronomik LRGB+CLS Filters- 31mm
* Astrodon 31mm Ha 5nm, Oiii 3nm, Sii 5nm
* Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope
* ZWO ASI-120MC for guiding
* Moonlite Autofocuser
**Acquisition:** 14 hours 9 minutes (Camera at Unity Gain, -20°C)
* CLS- 167x120"
* Red- 105x60""
* Green- 105x60"
* Blue- 105x60"
* Darks- 30
* Flats- 30 per filter
**Capture Software:**
* EQMod mount control. Captured using [N.I.N.A.](
nighttime-imaging.eu/) and PHD2 for guiding and dithering.
**PixInsight Processing:**
* [Blink](
youtu.be/sJeuWZNWImE?t=40)
* BatchPreProcessing
* StarAlignment
* ImageIntegration
* DrizzleIntrgration (2X, VarK 1.5)
* DynamicCrop
* DynamicBackgroundExtraction 2X
**CLS:**
* Deconvolution
* TGV/MMT noise reduction
* ArcsinhStretch
* HistogramTransformation
* ACDNR
**RGB:**
* StarAlignment to drizzled CLS stack
* LinearFit to green
* ChannelCombination
* PhotometricColorCalibration
* HSV Repair
* ArcsinhStretch
* HistogramTransformation
* CurvesTransformation
* MLT Noise reduction
* Slight HistogramTransformation
* Several CurvesTransformations for lightness, color balance, and saturation (with range masks)
* MorphologiccalTransformation to reduce star sizes
* MMT noise reduction
* Resample to 80%
* Annotation
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