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Cigar Galaxy
i need a ciggy asap
Acquisition:
480 x 15 second subs for a total of 2 hours
This is my first real attempt using calibration frames. Biases and darks seemed to work fine, and my flats made an effect on the unfortunate shadow of the secondary mirror but it seems I could have done better.
GAIN: 475
Bortle 5
Equipment & Software:
Telescope: Celestron Nextstar 130SLT
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
Camera: SVBony SV305
Acquired using Sharpcap, stacked in DeepSkyStacker and post-processed in Siril and GIMP.
u/GravAssistsAreCool — 24 hours ago