Deer Lick Group

Finally got some tracking issues resolved Here is a shot of NGC 7331. Original ST2000XM, 12" Meade SCT OTA, at f/ 6.3

150 min. Luminance 2x2 (5 x 30 min)
Colors from last year.

Needs some work but it is a good start. Heading out on family vacation so I may not reply to responses for a while...

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Very nice, Joe. You captured detail almost all the way to the core. This is a difficult target to image, and you captured it well (you must have been up late !)

In the spirit of encouraging the philosophy of this group to give constructive critiques, with a critical eye I see where the faint outer regions of the galaxy and its companions have a somewhat grainy appearance. I'm not expert at this yet (my galaxies share a similar trait!). The suggestions I hear about (and have not yet been able to apply without imparting an artificial appearance to my image) would be to apply a bit of Gaussian blurring to those dimmer regions. I'd love to hear other suggestions as well.

Eric

Beautiful work Joe!! I enjoyed viewing this image, very much!

Thanks Guys