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Firework Galaxy without intervening dust. KG Observatory. http://www.astrobin.com/419296/ Here's a few excerpts from the Q&A discussion on the PI forum with Adam Block... Q1: Typically when I use PCC I notice a bit of a shift towards red on galaxies. I first noticed this with IC342. But now when...

Fireworks Galaxy. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

http://www.astrobin.com/419052/

Crescent Nebula in True Color. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

http://www.astrobin.com/417907/

NGC6384. KG Observatory. Julian, CA,

Capture details here...

https://www.astrobin.com/414816/B/
https://www.astrobin.com/413913/C/

NGC 6384. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

Details at http://www.astrobin.com/413913/

M92 with IFN. KG Observatory, Julian CA. Details here...

http://www.astrobin.com/412820/

NGC 4725 (Re-processed for less noise). KG Observatory. Julian, CA.

http://www.astrobin.com/409137/C/

The challenging NGC 6140. KG Observatory, Julian CA.

http://www.astrobin.com/409284/B/

NGC 467, 470 & 474. KG Observatory, Julian CA. Imaging telescope or lens:Planewave CDK24 Imaging camera:FLI Proline 16803 Mount:Planewave L600 Guiding camera:Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Focal reducer:None Software:PHD Guiding 2, PixInsight 1.8, Planewave PWI4, Planewave PWI3, Maxim DL6, Neat Ima...

NGC 4725 with Ancient Tidal Stream. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

http://www.astrobin.com/409137/

NGC 5963 and NGC 5965. KG Observatory. Julian, CA.

http://www.astrobin.com/408449/

NGC 467, 470 & 474. KG Observatory, Julian CA. Imaging telescope or lens:Planewave CDK24 Imaging camera:FLI Proline 16803 Mount:Planewave L600 Guiding camera:Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Focal reducer:None Software:PHD Guiding 2, PixInsight 1.8, Planewave PWI4, Planewave PWI3, Maxim DL6, Neat Imag...

NGC 4725. KG Observatory, Julian, CA. Still waiting for lengthy clear skies. Luckily we had a 4-hour clearing last night between 9 PM and 1 AM with FWHM under 2" on 5-minutes subs. NGC4725 was nicely positioned during that time so I went for it. With only 85 minutes of luminance, the faint tida...

The Eyes (NGC 4435 & NGC 4438). KG Observatory, Julian CA.

Planewave CDK24 with L600.

May 2, 3, 4, 2019.

Lost in Space (NGC 6503). KG Observatory, Julian CA. "...a spiral galaxy NGC 6503 is in a lonely position, at the edge of a strangely empty patch of space called the Local Void. The Local Void is a stretch of space at least 150 million light-years across that seems completely empty of stars or ...

Julian California weather could be a bit "iffy"in April and May. We planned to visit the observatory for 10 days but only stayed 7. Luckily from that 7 we got 3 clear nights with some passing clouds. Given the unpredictable weather, I had to plan carefully to get something that would be wo...

M51. The Whirpool Galaxy. KG Observatory, Julian, CA. Imaging telescope or lens:Planewave CDK24 Imaging camera:FLI Proline 16803 Mount:Planewave L600 Guiding camera:Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Focal reducer:None Software:PixInsight 1.8, Planewave PWI4, Planewave PWI3, Maxim DL6, PHD Guiding 2, Neat I...

Sombrero Galaxy. KG Observatory, Julian CA. While waiting for clearer skies, I decided to reprocess my Sombrero Galaxy image from last April. Here I use the relatively new PI PhotometricColorCalibration and a more detailed use of HDRMultiscaleTransform. As a result, colors should be more accurate an...

NGC 467, 470 and 474. KG Observatory. Deeper images from my prior post.

https://www.astrobin.com/375081/C/

The Hidden Galaxy (IC 342). KG Observatory, Julian CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/375815/C/

The Hidden Galaxy (IC 342). KG Observatory, Julian CA. IC 342 is a challenging target. Although it's bright, the galaxy sits near the equator of the Milky Way's galactic disk, where the sky is thick with glowing cosmic gas, bright stars, and dark, obscuring dust. In order to see the intricate spiral...

NGC 467, 470 and 474. KG Observatory, Julian CA. Imaging telescope or lens:Planewave CDK24 Imaging camera:FLI Proline 16803 Mount:Planewave L600 Guiding camera:Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Focal reducer:None Software:Planewave PWI4, Planewave PWI3, PixInsight 1.8, Maxim DL6, PHD Guiding 2, Neat Image ...

NGC7217. KG Observatory, Julian CA. Imaging telescope or lens:Planewave CDK24 Imaging camera:FLI Proline 16803 Mount:Planewave L600 Guiding camera:Starlight Xpress Ultrastar Focal reducer:None Software:Planewave PWI4, Planewave PWI3, PixInsight 1.8, Maxim DL6, PHD Guiding 2, Neat Image V7, Photoshop...

IC 239 is about 40 million light years distant. Its low surface brightness may indicate that this galaxy isn't as massive as many others of the same type (e.g., M101). The bright foreground stars of our own galaxy make imaging this faint galaxy a bit challenging. To help I used 5 minute subs for lum...

NGC 7497. KG Observatory, Julian, CA. NGC 7497, 60 million light years distant, appears behind this interstellar dust less than a thousand light years distant. This dust is very dimly lit by the combined starlight of our own Milky Way galaxy. This dim starlight reflection was captured at 4,200' with...