Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  NGC 4627  ·  NGC 4631  ·  NGC 4656  ·  NGC 4657  ·  Whale Galaxy
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Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) - Hyperstar v3 on EdgeHD11 - Bortle 8 Backyard (no filters), Meeps51
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Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) - Hyperstar v3 on EdgeHD11 - Bortle 8 Backyard (no filters)

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Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) - Hyperstar v3 on EdgeHD11 - Bortle 8 Backyard (no filters), Meeps51
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Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) - Hyperstar v3 on EdgeHD11 - Bortle 8 Backyard (no filters)

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Got a rare clear night in the Bay Area and I just picked up a HyperStar v3 on AstroMart for the EdgeHD11 project.  My polar alignment was kind of rough, but got a few targets in the sequence and thought it came out pretty good.  Very light post-processing:
  • WBPP
  • GraXpert
  • BXT
  • SPCC
  • GradientCorrection (on top of the GraXpert!)
  • EZ Auto Stretch
  • NXT
  • Crop

I haven't done much with the Whale Galaxy before, so was a good first attempt from the Backyard!

Enjoy!

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Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) - Hyperstar v3 on EdgeHD11 - Bortle 8 Backyard (no filters), Meeps51