# IC342 Galaxy From Okie-Tex 2023

**URL:** <https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/ic342-galaxy-from-okie-tex-2023/396>\
**Category:** Astrophotography\
**Created:** [November 29, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/ic342-galaxy-from-okie-tex-2023/396 "2023-11-29T05:03:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jt\_3232](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/jt_3232/32/330_2.png) [@jt\_3232](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jt_3232)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/ic342-galaxy-from-okie-tex-2023/396/1 "2023-11-29T05:03:08Z")

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Stumbled across a folder of unprocessed data from OTSP 2023. Turned out to be a pretty neat looking galaxy. I believe this is only about 2 hours of data on this target. It was very dim and certainly needed more time. However, I still think the end result was good.

Esprit 120 F/7  
ZWO ASI294mm Pro  
ZWO LRGB Filters

Thanks for looking!

 ![IC342 Galaxy](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/1X/d72e730256d5efd8272f04daedc23418a3a1d3fc.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![mpsurge](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/mpsurge/32/952_2.png) [@mpsurge](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/mpsurge)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/ic342-galaxy-from-okie-tex-2023/396/2 "2023-11-29T17:06:39Z")

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Great image, it is now my centerpiece on my desktop, for now, until the next one comes along LOL. I really like the colors, I can just imagine it rotating. I cropped it to fill the screen with the disc 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ron3Mc](https://discourse.okcastro.club/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9de0a6/32.png) [@Ron3Mc](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Ron3Mc)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/ic342-galaxy-from-okie-tex-2023/396/3 "2023-11-29T23:33:36Z")

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Great image Jaxon. I notice a dark halo arounf the galaxy, is that a processing relic? I was going to make a joke about Dark Matter but decided against it.

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**Author:** ![jt\_3232](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/jt_3232/32/330_2.png) [@jt\_3232](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/jt_3232)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/ic342-galaxy-from-okie-tex-2023/396/4 "2023-11-30T00:01:28Z")

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Yeah, it’s a processing relic. I didnt really want to go through the effort of fixing it though. I think it was mostly because of a poor masking job.

Thanks Ron and Joel!