I really wanted to see just how deep I could go in the backyard. Chose a random patch of galaxies that I would have full view of almost the entire night and started. Didn't have any idea what I would end up seeing, interesting or not. I figured Luminance would be where I would get the best detail and depth and got just over 1400 60" exposures (23.5hrs). Got just enough color data I would be happy with (64x3min each for R, G, and B) and decided I better grab some Ha. You never know I you may see some Ha tendrils linking galaxies.
What I found in Ha was much more intriguing! A huge, VERY dim band running across the field of view. Boy is it dim too. After 32x15min exposures and continuum subtracting I saw just enough of it I decided to double the exposure time and got 64x15min in Ha. For the final image it was tough controlling the slight variation in gradients during continuum subtraction to really push a lot to the Red channel, but below I have the Continuum Subtracted minimally processed image too. No image of this region I have seen has that in it! No idea what structure it belongs to.
There are soooo many galaxies when you star so long in a single patch of the sky too. May weren't cataloged in any easy to access surveys but I did find a galaxy far far away, more than a point source in the image, sitting a staggering 1.8 Billion Light years away. There are Quasars in the image much farther away (out to 20Billion light years!!).
I also rotated and cropped the image for the final image, but the annotated version below is the full uncropped version
Video I made on this image:
https://youtu.be/SFnXX3zbBNUFull annotated
Continuum Subtracted Ha
Very intriguing NGC 1275 with all sorts of internal structure
PGC12358 that has very sharp points from tidal disruption
NGC1264 reminds me of a Tie Fighter for all my StarWars fans out there
Complete with a Galaxy Far Far Away
And one of the farthest QSO's I have gotten in an image
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