March 28, 2024 - Happy Little Accidents

My intention with this image was to capture Bode’s Galaxy to change things up from the Orion constellation. It’s a bright galaxy, and my planning indicated it had a good chance of showing up pretty with my equipment. That was the goal.

In reality, I pointed my camera a bit to much to the east. At first, I was devasted that I took over 150 images to not get the target I wanted. However, a little bit of research led me to realize that I captured 3 galaxies. One of these galaxies is over 200 million light years away!

So, I decided to give editing this pic another shot, and look at the view! Is it what I wanted originally? Nope. But do I love how things turned out? Yep.

Such is life. And apparently, such is astrophotography.

Objects: NGC 3622, NGC 3682, NGC 3668 Capture Date: March 28, 2024 Equipment: Canon T7, 75-300mm f/4-5.6 Light Pollution Level: Bortle 4-5 (low-to-medium) Settings: 300mm @ f/5.6 Calibration Frames: 150 lights, 50 darks, 25 bias Software: Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker. Processed with GIMP.