NGC 3324
Shawn Nielsen and Russ Jacob, New South Wales, Australia, June 2019
Russ says: “This Hubble palette image of a Southern Hemisphere jewel, NGC 3324, was a collaboration: I collected the data and Shawn in Canada did the processing. Here in New South Wales I have Bortle 5 skies, which helps, and a 15-minute drive from my home I’m into Bortle 2.” Equipment: ZWO ASI 1600MM Pro mono camera, Sky-Watcher Black Diamond 200/1000 f/5 reflector, Sky-Watcher NEQ6 mount
Exposure: 87 x 180”
Software: SGPro, PixInsight
Shawn’s top tips: “Russ has a good, dark night sky to collect the data from. While it’s possible to do narrowband imaging from light-polluted areas, there is nothing better than a dark site. I used PixInsight for its precision set of tools and was…