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Ngc 6140
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Object:            Ngc 6140,  spiral galaxy in Draco.
Telescope:    
 Luminance:   Astrograph 400 f/4 Newton.  3" 1.15x coma corrector up to 1850mm fl. Paramount ME.  ASI 6200 MM cmos.  Chroma L filter.
                       Color:            Astrograph  250 f/4 Newton.  Paramount ME.  ATIK 16200 ccd.  Chroma RGB filters
Exposures:        L : 212 x 10'   ( 35:20 ) 
                          R: 110 x   5'   (   9:10 ) 
                          G: 110 x   5'   (   9:10 )   
                          B:  110 x  5'   (   9:10 ) 
                              Total:    53:50 hours

Resolution:       0.42"/pixel.   Luminance  FWHM after integration: 2.6"  (2.4" after deconvolution)
Date:                January - June  2022
Site:                 
Luminance:  Sagan Observatory      Las Rozas  (Spain)     - mag 4.5 suburban skies -
                        Color:           La Sagra Observatory  Puebla de Don Fadrique (Spain)    - mag 7 professional observatory skies -

Processing (PixInSight):
Bias, Dark & Flat calibration
Local Normalization
DBE
Photometric Color Calibration
Starnet for star masks
Deconvolution
Histogram stretching
HDRMultiscale Transformation
Color saturation adjustments
Morphological Transformation stars reduction
LocalHistogramEqualization
NoiseXTerminator noise reduction
Wavelet sharpening