Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  NGC 5738  ·  NGC 5740  ·  NGC 5746
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NGC 5746, NGC 5740 & Friends - in Virgo (LRGB), CrestwoodSky
NGC 5746, NGC 5740 & Friends - in Virgo (LRGB)
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NGC 5746, NGC 5740 & Friends - in Virgo (LRGB)

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NGC 5746, NGC 5740 & Friends - in Virgo (LRGB), CrestwoodSky
NGC 5746, NGC 5740 & Friends - in Virgo (LRGB)
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NGC 5746, NGC 5740 & Friends - in Virgo (LRGB)

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This image was taken during a single night in April 2024 with an ASI2600mm Pro through a Celestron 8" EdgeHD with a Celestron 0.7x focal reducer on an EQ6-R Pro mount.

The image comprises:

L:      60    x    120s
R:     15    x    120s
G:     15    x    120s
B:     15    x    120s

Total integration time was three hours and 30 minutes. The image was captured with APT, processed with Pixinsight, and tweaked in Photoshop.

I was looking for something to image in the eastern sky one night several weeks back and noticed NGC 5746 on my charts. Since I had never imaged it, I decided to give it a try. Due to the 0.7x focal reducer, NGC 5740 also happened to appear in the camera's FOV, as well as a number of fainter galaxies, which seemed like a fortunate framing, so I went with it.

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