Yes it's a repro
but this is only the first one...
Passes the time while I wait to image again
I wanted to showcase just the galaxy this time. The conditions on the night were far from ideal with stong winds and poor seeing so extracting detail was challenging and I went light on the noise reduction, as usual, to avoid the plastic look, hopefully I have struck a balance between low noise and a more natural apperance..? I tried to keep the extremely faint galactic cirrus dust visible around the galaxy too and some can be detected on the lower left side of the image. This galaxy is known to be rather blue.
NGC 6744 is a beautiful galaxy in a rich star field and fingers crossed next time I image this beauty the conditions will be more favourable
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http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike20...34751/original
Thnaks for looking (again)
Mike