M65, M66, AND NGC3628 GALAXY CLUSTER
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M65, M66, AND NGC3628 GALAXY CLUSTER |
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| Negatives - March 1997 | The triple Galaxy cluster of M65 (Left, Mag. 10.3), M66 (Top, Mag. 9.7) and NGC 3628 (Mag. 10.3) is a beautiful photographic field due to the surface brightness and the mix of all three objects, two off-set spiral galaxies and the edge-on NGC 3628. This field makes a good test of both resolution and equipment limits, tradeoff during processing made to enhance faint detail since my setup is not optimized for this field size. |
| Meade 5" ED Refractor F/9 | |
| Manual Guiding | |
| Pentax K1000 Body | |
| Kodak PJM Multispeed, Unhypered | |
| 2 x 60 Min.Exposures | |
| Image Stacking in Picture Window | |
| Digital Enhanced in Photoshop | |
| Processing Info: Galaxy
processing recipe for maximum resolution as follows: Scan (full raw
resolution output), Register, Composite (Blend in PW) , Rotate (flip
horizontal), Invert (to positive), AV (using Matt BenDaniel process),
Curves (at least 2 layers needed), Scratch Repair, DNR (Mike Cook)
and/or BG Smooth, Final Curves/Color Balance). I gravitate toward Mike
Cook's DNR noise reduction due to the control, instead of BGSmooth. I
use it as an action in my PS.
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| Object Details Courtesy Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Robert Burnham, Jr. (1978 Dover Publications) | |