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The Hole in the Trees Skybox | all galleries >> Deep Sky >> Galaxies > NGC 3628
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NGC 3628

NGC 3628: Disrupted Spiral Galaxy in Leo

Optics/Mount: CPC1100 with f6.3 Celestron reducer on a Milburn Wedge. Dec antibacklash set to 27/27. PEC on.
Camera: SXVR-H694
Exposure: 5hr 12m total, 106 x 2 mins luminance bin 1x1, 43:30:27 RGB x 2 minutes bin 2x2
Filters: Astrodon Type 2i LRGB
Date: 4 nights from March 14 to April 10, 2013

Imaging automation and capture: Sequence Generator Pro

Guiding Hardware: Flea 3, Taurus Tracker III off axis guider. Guiding scale 0.72 arcsec/pixel. 1 second guide exposures.
Guiding Software: PHD. Aggressiveness 80, Hysteresis 0, Minimum Move 0.9, Max RA 1000, Max Dec 600. Dec set to auto/resist switching. Dithering set to Extreme with Settle < 1.2.
Guiding performance: HFR of subs about 1.35 arc seconds, RMS in PHD about 0.5 arcsecs.
Focusing: Rigel Systems GCUSB/nStep on stock C11 focuser
Light pollution: Bortle 8 (white zone, NELM about mag 4.5)
Image scale at capture: 0.6 (luminance bin 1x1) and 1.2 (RGB bin 2x2) arcsecs/pixel = f/5.7
Scale of presentation: 1.2 arcsecs/pixel
Processing: Bad pixel map in Nebulosity 2, stacked with Deep Sky Stacker, post-processed with Photoshop CS2.




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