M83 The Thousand Ruby Galaxy (Southern Pinwheel)

 Posted: May 9th, 2026
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Telescope/Lens: Askar SQA 106 мм f/4.8
Camera: ZWO ASI 183 MC
Mount: Ioptron HAE 43 C
Guide Scope: Askar 52 мм F4
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 120 MM mini
Software: SharpCap 4.0, Siril, Adobe Photoshop
Exposure:
45 x 180" ISO/Gain: 120
47 x 300" ISO/Gain: 120
Green, Bortle 4 zone:
 Adygeya Stanica Dahovskaya, Russia
 Apr 16th, 2026
6 h 10 m
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Resolution: 2510x1722 px
Scale: 441 KB
It never rises higher than 15 degrees above the horizon at the latitude of Adygea, so I captured it over several nights. A barred spiral galaxy with intense star formation, located in the constellation Hydra. Distance is about 15 million light-years. Diameter is 115,000 light-years. Angular size is 12.9' x 11.5'.
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  9 May, 2026
  6 h 10 m
It never rises higher than 15 degrees above the horizon at the latitude of Adygea, so I captured it over several nights. A barred spiral galaxy with intense sta…
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Ooooh yeah! Awesome! An interesting structure, sort of like circular arms, but that asymmetry inside is pure bliss.
9 May, 2026 Reply
Ryjov Aleksey Replied to Poppy8micro
Thank you, the galaxy looks beautiful! I hope to add more data in Ha, then it will truly be a thousand rubies.
9 May, 2026 Reply
Poppy8micro Replied to Ryjov Aleksey
How do you stack? As a single sequence, or with pre-calibration of each exposure and then stacking them all together? And how will you add Ha, using what formula?
9 May, 2026 Reply
Ryjov Aleksey Replied to Poppy8micro
I stack RGB separately, and Ha separately as well. Then I subtract Ha from R using pixel math in Siril. Here is a very detailed video on how to do this in Siril: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QQlwel2dAU&t=377s
9 May, 2026 Reply
Poppy8micro Replied to Ryjov Aleksey
Thank you, I'll take a look!
9 May, 2026 Reply
Interesting galaxy, thank you!

Regarding Ha – do you do the color calibration before adding Ha to RGB or after?
9 May, 2026 Reply
Ryjov Aleksey Replied to Buzzard
Thank you!
Photometric calibration was done after adding it.
But this is just a regular photo, by the way.
Just RGB, no Ha data yet((
9 May, 2026 Reply
Buzzard Replied to Ryjov Aleksey
Understood, thank you for the answer! I've just started figuring out the monochrome setup :)
9 May, 2026 Reply
Alexey, I see you have an Askar SQA106. I have a proposal. Can you contact me on Telegram (@colibrilab)?
18 May, 2026 Reply

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