NGC 5560, NGC 5566, NGC 5569, aka Arp 286 (Anthony Quintile)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Virgo (Vir) · Contains: NGC 5560 · NGC 5566 · NGC 5569 · PGC 51269

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NGC 5560, NGC 5566, NGC 5569, aka Arp 286

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NGC 5560, NGC 5566, NGC 5569, aka Arp 286

Spotty weather, and seeing that amplified the challenges inherent in RA guiding error near the celestial equator, made this capture tough, but I managed to pull sixteen and a half hours of data on this object over a couple Moon cycles.

Similarly to @Kurt Zeppetello , I had been inspired to shoot this after seeing @Michael Feigenbaum 's version of this. Thanks for leading the way, Mike!

Galaxies always make me wish for my own 1-meter telescope on a mountain in Chile. No matter how I fuss and fret, there is only so much detail that my equipment and skills can reveal. If I had that big telescope then theoretically half of those two factors would be remedied.

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Title: 1x Drizzle integration

Description: I am experimenting with 1x drizzle integration on some images because it apparently works better for color rendition with OSC data.

I think the colors were better rendered with this iteration? I did change some other details in my workflow, but I feel like I got just a little better detail in some Ha and blue/OIII (?) regions in the galaxies, and less CA like issues with the stars than when I used debayer and separate R/G/B integration.

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Title: 1x Drizzle, uncropped

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Description: Applied Morphological Transformation Erosion filter to stars to soften and slightly reduce.

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Description: Applied Morphological Transformation Erosion filter to stars to soften and slightly reduce., uncropped.

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RA (center)	14h20m12s.751
RA (top/left)	14h19m24s.920
RA (top/right)	14h19m36s.620
RA (bottom/right)	14h21m00s.430
RA (bottom/left)	14h20m49s.345

Dec (center)	+03°58′38″.27
Dec (top/left)	+04°06′02″.27
Dec (top/right)	+03°48′00″.19
Dec (bottom/right)	+03°51′14″.62
Dec (bottom/left)	+04°09′15″.86

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