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M98 and M99 - Galaxies in Coma Berenices, lefty7283
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M98 and M99 - Galaxies in Coma Berenices

M98 and M99 - Galaxies in Coma Berenices, lefty7283
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M98 and M99 - Galaxies in Coma Berenices

Equipment

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Acquisition details

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Description

Captured on April 1st and 2nd, 2019 from a bortle 7 zone



**Equipment:**

* TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian

* Orion Sirius EQ-G

* ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro

* Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector

* ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm

* Astronomik LRGB+CLS Filters- 31mm

* Astrodon H-alpha 5nm 31mm

* Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope

* ZWO ASI-120MC for guiding

* Moonlite Autofocuser

**Acquisition:** 07 hours 51 minutes (Camera at Unity Gain, -20°C)

* CLS- 105x180"

* Red- 52x60"

* Green- 52x60"

* Blue- 52x60"

* Darks- 30

* Flats- 30 per filter

**Capture Software:**

* EQMod mount control. Captured using [N.I.N.A.](https://nighttime-imaging.eu/) and PHD2 for guiding and dithering.

**[PixInsight Processing](https://i.imgur.com/GlfzKRC.png):**

* BatchPreProcessing

* StarAlignment

* [Blink](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJeuWZNWImE&feature=youtu.be&t=40)

* ImageIntegration

* DynamicCrop

* DynamicBackgroundExtraction 2X

* **Luminance:**

* PSFImage

* AdvStarMask

* RangeSelection+CloneStamp

* Deconvolution

* TVG/MMT Noise Reduction

* HistogramTransformation

* **RGB:**

* LinearFit to Green

* ChannelCombination

* DBE

* PhotometricColorCalibration

* SCNR

* HSV Repair

* ArcsinhStretch

* HistogramTransformation

* LRGBCombination with Luminance

* [Curve](https://i.imgur.com/cvP8YQa.png)Transformations

* ACDNR

* MorphologicalTransformation

* Annotation

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