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M65 and M66
Over the last few nights I've been trying to image these two galaxies with my 10"GSO RC and QSI583 camera. What a trial. The meade DSI II Pro guider suddenly threw a brain f@rt and couldn't tell what sort of chip it had and gave me the venetian blind screen of death. After finally finding the dialogue to resend to the camera it finally came back from the dead. Its now called Lazarus!!
I finally managed to get 4hr of Lum and 40 min each of RGB in 10 min subs and had a go at putting it all together. I usually use my QHY10 to get colour but that had a blown peltier and earned a 2 week vacation in China for a transplant. Neighbours on each side of me decided to contribute to the Festival of Light for April fools day and for the nights leading up to it. Maybe the new carbon tax will get them to use their searchlights less often.
Anyway for what its worth here is the image and comments welcomed.
Ive lost star colour along the way but I think that was from gradient and light pollution removal.
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