NGC 3842 / Abell 1367

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Dunmunro
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NGC 3842 / Abell 1367

Post by Dunmunro » 29 Jan 2026, 16:57

NGC 3842 / Abell 1367 from Jan 18-21; The image is centred on the elliptical galaxy NGC 3842 NGC 3842: "...It is notable for containing one of the largest black holes ever detected, reported to have a current estimated mass of 34.6 billion solar masses. It is around 330 million light-years distant from Earth." - wikipedia

10in SCT at F8 via a Starizona LF SCT reducer, ASI071 MC Pro camera, 79 x 5min subs ( 6hrs 35mins ), ASI178mm guide camera, on a CEM120 mount. All aspects of image acquisition, centring, autofocus and OAG autoguiding, starting with the mount parked, was robotically controlled by Astroart-9 SP3. All processing with AA9 SP3. There was a mild gradient due to moon and dawn illumination which I mostly corrected with a mild gradient filter. I've added a finder chart for the image.

Processing History:
09:05:17 Flip horizontal
09:04:46 White balance 4 -1 -1 -1 2 -1 -1 -1
09:03:25 Remove gradient adaptive sub. 99
09:01:42 DDP 85 15 0 50 50 0 0
08:59:29 Histogram stretch 65535 3495 16970 -1 0
08:56:13 Deconvolution Richardson Lucy 30 2 95 30
08:25:45 Align RGB 100 1
( sigma sum stacking plus flats and darks )

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