ngc 2903

Forgotten galaxy 20 light years distant. No one ever seems interested in this one, possibly because there are far more glamorous galaxies nearby. It's a nice example of a barred spiral. Wish I'd thrown more telescope at it rather than the little 6"...

barred spiral galaxy ngc2903 in leo
700d on  nt150s    33x5min @ ISO800

And a few days later with the 8" f4.

Alas I overlooked both our 6" f8 and 10" f5 which at 1200mm focal length would have helped.

1. StarTools

700d on pn208    54x5min @ ISO800

2. GIMP stretch with mask. Can't lose the background...


3. Siril: found a rogue light frame. Stacked without, then StarTools AutoDev.


4. Sorry to bang on but made the background uniform grey...