NGC4565 The Needle Galaxy

[tim.anderson]

Taken with a Long Perng 127mm apochromatic refractor, an ASI071MC Pro camera and a ZWO AM5 mount. Fifty 120-second exposures processed in PixInsight and Photoshop.

[AstroViking]

That's come out really nicely, Tim. Well done.

[Bodon]

Good stuff Tim!
Far from a guru but those black spots, surprised gradient correction could not solve that? You use flats at all?

[Bodon]

Just to help out as I noticed that you used PI. Ran starx in correct mode only and noisex at 70

[tim.anderson]

Thanks - that is a significant improvement.