A handful of galaxies

It's been a while since I haven't posted a picture on reddit, so here's my latest shot from galaxy season. NGC3718 is the largest galaxy on the right and many other friends scattered in the field. My RC8 is really suited for these galaxies, I can't wait to take more next new moon.

Gear :

* TS Optics Ritchey-Chrétien 8" carbon telescope

* Skywatcher EQ6R-PRO

* ZWO ASI533 MC-PRO

* CCDT67 reducer and Baader UV/IR cut filter

* ZWO OAG and ASI120mm mini

* ZWO ASIAir to control everything

Imaging settings :

* 120 frames of 180 seconds

* No darks, no bias, no flats

* Gain at 111, sensor at -20°C

* Taken from southern France, no moon, bortle 4

Processing details :

* Corrected, debayered, registered and stacked in Pixinsight

* Stretched with arcsinstretch() and HistogramTransformation()

* BlurExterminator

* Starnetv2++ (use your graphics card to do it, it shreds the processing time tenfold !!!)

* CurvesTransformation, LocalHistogramEqualization on the starless image

* Stars and starless put back together with ScreenStars