Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  IC 3571  ·  NGC 4562  ·  NGC 4565  ·  Needle Galaxy
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The Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565), Rob
The Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565)
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The Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565)

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The Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565), Rob
The Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565)
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The Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565)

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There was finally a gap in the clouds that involved a sky without an overbearing moon!  I took this opportunity to collect some data on my favorite galaxy, while testing the autofocus setup at the same time.  There are still some backlash kinks to work out in my NINA settings, but all in all, it's working as it should... 80% of the time. 😅

There are some satellite trails that did not calibrate out in the luminance data.  I've never had this happen in PixInsight before.  Also, the conditions got noticeably worse during acquisition of the green data.  The guiding was significantly rougher and the stars a tad more bloated.

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The Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565), Rob