ARP 299 / Two colliding galaxies
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 8:17 am
ARP 299 / Two colliding galaxies
I was random wandering around in Ursa Major until I got a little blob. So focused on it and it looked interesting.
Turned out to be ARP 299. Two colliding galaxies
Also some smaller galaxies in view: above on the right a two armed galaxy called PGC 35345 and on the left of that a galaxy called PGC 2580146. Looked that up ofcourse.
Processing was a kinda challenge: I used another method of making flats and that didn't work that well. But managed to get this capture
Equipment:
Ioptron CEM25EC mount (no guiding)
Meade LX65 8" f/10 ACF OTA
Optec Lepus Standard 0.62x reducer
Baader Neodymium Skyglow Filter
Zwo ASI385MC camera
Captured with SharpCap: 160 x 30 sec. / Gain 240 (out of 600) / 10 darks / 100 flats / no guiding
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Processed in PS: Levels and Curves, color saturation, noise reduction, unsharp mask.
I was random wandering around in Ursa Major until I got a little blob. So focused on it and it looked interesting.
Turned out to be ARP 299. Two colliding galaxies
Also some smaller galaxies in view: above on the right a two armed galaxy called PGC 35345 and on the left of that a galaxy called PGC 2580146. Looked that up ofcourse.
Processing was a kinda challenge: I used another method of making flats and that didn't work that well. But managed to get this capture
Equipment:
Ioptron CEM25EC mount (no guiding)
Meade LX65 8" f/10 ACF OTA
Optec Lepus Standard 0.62x reducer
Baader Neodymium Skyglow Filter
Zwo ASI385MC camera
Captured with SharpCap: 160 x 30 sec. / Gain 240 (out of 600) / 10 darks / 100 flats / no guiding
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Processed in PS: Levels and Curves, color saturation, noise reduction, unsharp mask.