Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Coddington's Nebula  ·  IC 2574
IC 2574 LRGBHa backyard, John Favalessa
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IC 2574 LRGBHa backyard

IC 2574 LRGBHa backyard, John Favalessa
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IC 2574 LRGBHa backyard

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I'm posting as a new image because of all the new Ha and luminance data and processing.

My last image of this interesting galaxy did not show off the intense star forming regions due to a lack of red/pink usually found in them.  2 nights of Ha showed just a tad of data.  I incorporated, without boosting, the Ha resulting in subtle areas and to me a natural look.     I learned from Gary Imm that this dwarf and irregular galaxy is about half the diameter of our Milky Way and only 10 MLYs away.  I am pleased with the amount of detail I was able to pull out from bortle 7.  I can see faint spiral arms (maybe in their early forming stages).  Ao cool!

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