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Ngc 2655  - the Conch Shell Galaxy
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Object:            Ngc 2655,  lenticular galaxy in Camelopardalis.
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.  Chroma RGB filters
Exposures:        L : 470 x 10'   ( 78:20 ) 
                          R: 148 x   5'   ( 12:20 ) 
                          G: 154 x   5'   ( 12:50 )  
                          B:  188 x  5'    (15:40 )
                              Total:    119:10 hours

Resolution:       0.49"/pixel.   Luminance  FWHM after integration: 2.2" 
Date:                January - February  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
NoiseXTerminator noise reduction
Photometric Color Calibration
Starnet for star masks
Deconvolution
Histogram stretching
HDRMultiscale Transformation
Color saturation adjustments
Morphological Transformation stars reduction
LocalHistogramEqualization
Wavelet sharpening