M74 (Phantom Galaxy) captured with the Vespera Telescope Feb 8th 2023 from a bortle 5 location just before the moon came up. No filters.
471 stacked 10-seconds subs. 1 hour 18.5 minutes total integration time. Stacked TIFF output post-processed in Affinity Photo using the StarXterminator and Topaz Anti Noise plugins.
Image cropped a bit to make it appear larger.
There are some processing artifacts (the purple coloring in places).
Image META information
1#090
%G
IPTC.ObjectName
M74
IPTC.By-line
Exp. time: 4200 sec., F/4, Focal
IPTC.Caption
M74 (420 exp)
File Name
gallery_294689_21288_450.jpg
Unix Timestamp
1675961919
Original File Size
67691
File Type
2
Mime Type
image/jpeg
Sections Found
ANY_TAG, IFD0, EXIF
HTML Sizes
width="1224" height="813"
Image Height
813
Image Width
1224
Color
TRUE
Byte Order Motorola
TRUE
Image Description
M74 (420 exp)
Camera Make
VAONIS
Camera Model
vespera-e45f0191ea06
Orientation
The 0th row is at the visual top of the image, and the 0th column is the visual left-hand side
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