NGC 3718 (Dale Penkala)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: NGC 3718 · NGC 3729

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I have been somewhat reluctant to process and post this image as I've really wanted to get more integration time but I have decided to just go ahead with it. All the data was collected with my 12" f5 DBA Certified Newt and UV/IR Cut and L-Pro filters. I personally feel the UV/IR filter is by far the best way to shoot this galaxy to pull the very faint outer parts of the galaxy. The L-Pro data I used really for just the Ha data to add the color to the galaxies.

I also have to mention that this image was trurly inspired by @Ola Skarpen SkyEyE When I seen his image https://www.astrobin.com/isxmg5/ I was truely inspirted to shoot this! I don't have the resolution Ola has (he shot his with a 14.5" CDK) but I'm pleased with what my 12" was able to do. I may add more data as time allows.

All data was processed in APP and post processed in PI.

I hope you like and thanks for looking!

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	9928613
PixInsight job	XB54EMG9OHKYAU3DK2DYVOF9V93DVGAU
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	11h32m33s.698
RA (top/left)	11h34m55s.251
RA (top/right)	11h32m08s.481
RA (bottom/right)	11h30m11s.938
RA (bottom/left)	11h32m58s.543

Dec (center)	+53°03′50″.82
Dec (top/left)	+53°01′54″.18
Dec (top/right)	+53°24′52″.25
Dec (bottom/right)	+53°05′36″.43
Dec (bottom/left)	+52°42′49″.20

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