Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 3  ·  NGC 5272
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M3, Ben Loftin
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M3

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M3

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Description

M3 is such a cool Globular Cluster

Equipment used:
CEM70
TS-Optics 10" f/8 Astrograph Truss
ZWO OAGZWO ASI174MM - Guide Camera
ZWO ASI294MM - Main Camera
Optolong LRGB filters
Gain 120, Offset 30
R: 84, 120 sec
G: 88, 120 sec
B: 80, 120 sec
8.4 hrs total integration
Bortle: class 6
Elevation: 1758 meters
Location: South Denver
ASIAir Pro, guide/sequence etc.Pixinsight- calbration flats/lights/CC, SubframeSelector, Star Alignment, Integration,
mure denoise
Dynamic Crop
DBE
RGB Combination
Image Solver
Spectrophotometric Color Calibration (important to do while linear)
Arcsinh Stretch (2x) - even with a little bit of stretch you can see some odd star artifacts so need to work on fixing that, any ideas?
Unsharp Mask
Resample

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M3, Ben Loftin