Decided to go after something more obscure since I've got [terrible horizons](https://i.imgur.com/hOGPZt6.png) and I've already shot a lot of the brighter things in this part of the sky. There's also a number of [other galaxies in the uncropped background](https://i.imgur.com/pz2YF7O.jpg). Captured on July 22-26th, 2023 from my bortle 8 apartment balcony.
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**[Equipment:](https://i.imgur.com/ejpKkwU.jpg)**
* 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 31mm Ha 5nm, Oiii 3nm, Sii 5nm
* Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope
* ZWO ASI-120mc for guiding
* Moonlite Autofocuser
**Acquisition:** 13 hours 1 minutes (Camera at half Unity Gain, -15°C)
* L- 374x60"
* R - 150x60"
* G - 151x60"
* B - 148x60"
* Darks- 30
* Flats- 30 per filter
**Capture Software:**
* Captured using [N.I.N.A.](https://nighttime-imaging.eu) and PHD2 for guiding and dithering.
**PixInsight Processing**
* BatchPreProcessing
* StarAlignment
* [Blink](https://youtu.be/sJeuWZNWImE?t=40)
* ImageIntegration
**Luminance Linear:**
* DynamicCrop
* DynamicBackgroundExtraction
* BlurXTerminator
* NoiseXterminator
* ArcsinhStretch+HistogramTransformation to bring nonlinear
**RGB Linear:**
* DynamicCrop
* DynamicBackgroundExtraction
* ChannelCombination
* SpectrophotometricColorCalibration
* HSV Repair
* DeepSNR
* Slight SCNR green
* AcrsinhStretch + HistogramTransformation to stretch nonlinear
**Nonlinear:**
* added stretch luminance to stretched RGB via LRGBCombination
* DeepSNR
* shitloads of CurveTransformations to adjust hue, lightness, saturation, etc. (some with lum masks)
* DynamicCrop again
* annotation
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