NGC 3718 (Tyrel Smith)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: NGC 3718 · NGC 3729 · PGC 2432523 · PGC 2432563 · PGC 35609 · PGC 35615 · PGC 35618 · PGC 35620 · PGC 35631

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First galaxy target with the new CDK14. I'm really liking the reach and optical quality of the new scope. I'm NOT liking the moon phase and light pollution combo I have going in this data set. The target is much fainter than I expected in the 300s subframes. I could have gone longer exposure but pretty sure my sky glow limits me to something much lower than I'm actually shooting. Because of the LP situation I only shot RGB data, forgoing the luminance. More data and darker skies is the usual prescription, but you have to take what you can get sometimes.

I pushed the data pretty hard to try and get some of the extended galaxy structure to come out. I had to sacrifice in other areas to get that to come through. C&C always welcome!

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RA (center)	11h32m35s.839
RA (top/left)	11h30m52s.762
RA (top/right)	11h34m19s.341
RA (bottom/right)	11h34m19s.795
RA (bottom/left)	11h30m51s.537

Dec (center)	+53°04′07″.68
Dec (top/left)	+52°53′38″.79
Dec (top/right)	+52°53′44″.87
Dec (bottom/right)	+53°14′28″.52
Dec (bottom/left)	+53°14′22″.25

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