NGC3169 and NGC3166

Constellation: Sextans        Distance: 66 million lightyears

NGC3169


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Onder de heldere ster Regulus van sterrenbeeld de Leeuw komen we in het sterrenbeeld Sextans. Linksonder staat NGC3169, schuin daarboven NGC3166 en daar weer iets schuin boven het kleinere NGC3165. Alle drie staan ze op een afstand van ongeveer 66 miljoen lichtjaar. In de verre toekomst zullen zij samensmelten.


Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 6 hours, LRGB = 180:60:60:60
  • Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM, Temp -10 ° C, Baader LRGB filters
  • Instrument: TEC 140, focal distance 980 mm
  • Mount: Paramount MX+
  • Guiding: TS Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location: Nozières, France
  • Ambient temperature: round -3° C
  • Date: 1 Januari, 4 and 31 March 2025
  • © Frans Kroon, Arno-MarkBlesgraaf

Image acquisition Sequence Generator Pro:
  • 18 Lum of 10 min, binned 1x1
  • 12 Red + 12 Green + 12 Blue of 5 min, binned 1x1
  • 25 Flat fields per channel with Flatfield panel
  • 20 Dark frames of 20 min + 20 Dark frames of 10 min + 20 Dark frames of 5 min + 50 Bias frames

Processed with PixInsight 1.9.1:

    Lineair:
  • ImageCalibration, CosmeticCorrection and StarAlignment
  • ImageIntegration and ChannelCombination RGB
  • GradiantCorrection on Lum and RGB
  • ImageSolver and SPCC on RGB
  • BlurXTerminator on Lum and RGB

  • Non Lineair:
  • HistogramTransformation on Lum and RGB
  • NoiseXTerminator on Lum and RGB
  • Create StarImage of RGB with StarXTerminator
  • StarXTerminator on Lum
  • LRGBCombination

  • HDRMultiscaleTransform on starless LRGB
  • CurvesTransformation, SCNR, MultiscaleLineairTransform on starless LRGB
  • PixelMath to put together: StarlessImage + StarImage
  • In Photoshop: make background sky dark (25:25:25) with Levels