[Doogs38 (Alex)]

Unfortunately I'm not getting much time with my astro gear atm but recently did manage to get another 2hrs 45 mins of RGB data on NGC300. I now have a total of nearly 5hrs but think I need at least another 5hrs and probably a lot more. I posted an initial image some weeks back with only 2hrs of data and the galaxy was still quite faint and comparatively colourless ... that's certainly changed with the additional data! Can't wait to see what it looks like with a few more hours ... there's numerous galaxies hiding in the distant background. I might even try my new dual NB filter to get out some Ha that I know is hiding in there.

I'm also discovering that the ASI294MC can get a nasty red blotchy colour cast (filter induced?) that is very difficult to remove in post-processing. I tried with a trial version of PI (which did my head in) but ended up reverting to tried, true and tested Photoshop.

SW120ED x 0.85 Reducer/Flattener
57 x 300s UHC-S/RGB ASI294MChe
Darks, flats, dark flats. APP, PS, DeNoise and cropped.