Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  M 65  ·  M 66  ·  NGC 3593  ·  NGC 3623  ·  NGC 3627  ·  NGC 3628  ·  The star 73Leo
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NGC3628 & tidal tail, Joostie
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NGC3628 & tidal tail

Link to TIFF/FITS: https://www.drogenberg.be
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NGC3628 & tidal tail, Joostie
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NGC3628 & tidal tail

Link to TIFF/FITS: https://www.drogenberg.be

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It very rarely happens that we 've got 9 nights in a row (around new Moon!) here in Belgium. Next to the main setup I have put the little SharpStar to use to capture every night 10-minute frames of this area. Even with the Optolong LPS the large field gave a clear gradiënt of light pollution.

Seeing the tail appear after 145 frames made me smile :-)

So yes it's possible to capture this feature in SQM 20 type skies, you only need a lot of patience I guess (or a faster scope).

Also - you get so focussed on clearing that tail - that forget to protect the galaxies during processing. So I guess I need to re-reprocess taking that into account.

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Description: Galaxy details credit Jean Lammertijn

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