Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Helix Galaxy  ·  NGC 2685
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NGC 2685 aka ARP 336, Randall Schleier
NGC 2685 aka ARP 336
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NGC 2685 aka ARP 336

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NGC 2685 aka ARP 336, Randall Schleier
NGC 2685 aka ARP 336
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NGC 2685 aka ARP 336

Revision title: Couple more nights

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I really like to image the peculiar ARP galaxies. This is NGC 2685 also cataloged by Halton Arp as 336. It is sometimes commonly called the Helix Galaxy.

This is two and a half nights of LRGB with lots of Lum imaged at 2563 FL. It is small so this is a center crop of the full-frame 36x24 image.

LRGB combined in APP. Graxpert, BlurX, NoiseX, SPCC, GHS and then color boosted by extracting the CIE L component and recombined for saturation boost. Finished in PS 2024 with minor curve and Selective Color adjustments.

I may add more data if weather cooperates before the moon gets too bright.

Randall

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Description: Added a couple more nights of LRGB

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NGC 2685 aka ARP 336, Randall Schleier