Hidden Galaxies (NGC1499) (David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro))

Hidden Galaxies (NGC1499)

I'm posting this as I was surprised at the number of background galaxies once I removed the stars with StarXTerminator. However, when I used StarXTerminator it did remove quite a few of the small galaxies, I ended up using Photoshop to add them back in using the Layers feature there was still some hiding in the star layer which made them difficult to blend them back in.

Captured at PixelSkies, Castillejar, Spain

www.pixelskiesastro.com

Red x 178 300 secs

Green x 168 300 secs

Blue x 156 300 secs

Ha x 216 300 secs

59 hrs 20 mins in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F3.9

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 2.82

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik Red, Green, Blue, Ha

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager Advanced

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC, StarXTerminator, StarNet v2, NoiseXTerminator, BlurXTerminator

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Takahashi FSQ 85 EDX

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