Galaxies NGC3718

[Carole]

This one is not going to win any prizes, but thought I'd post it up anyway. 

Been wanting to get this interesting galaxy which I call the spinning top galaxy because of its shape.  Unfortunately the sky conditions were not great and it clouded up before I could capture much data.  Then of course my mount had a nervous breakdown the following two nights and I never managed to get any more.  I did capture 1 sub each of RGB, but it's no good to use, so this one will have to be mono for now.

This was BEFORE I decided to put the SW130PDS on the mount, so taken with an ED80.

5 x 600 luminance
Atik314L & ED80 + FR
HEQ5

[MarkS]

It's an interesting galaxy.

It's always worth trying something unusual. You can't lose by trying something different every once in a while.

Mark