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Old 01-01-2020, 09:54 AM
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Ngc 2442

I've always liked this galaxy, but I've never imaged it before because it only rises to 47 degrees here and I don't image targets below about 45 degrees. Due to the low maximum altitude I've always thought I'd get poor quality, soft data, so I never tried it.

Recently the seeing made a turn for the better, with some of the best I've seen here. Certainly a pleasant change from the garbage we've had lately. Given that, I decided to give this target a shot. I'm pretty happy with the result.

I had planned on getting more RGB (I only got 2.5hrs, while I got 10.5hrs of L), but after what was meant to be a preliminary process this morning, I don't think it really needs it.

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