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This
            stunning duet in the constellation of Triangulum is often overshadowed
            by other brighter galaxies in this part of the sky. Going beyond
            the usual fare that everyone seems to spend all their time on
            for the hundredth time, I concentrated on this fine pair. NGC672
            is a 11.5 magnitude inclined spiral, type SB which as you can
            clearly see here in the larger images sports some fine pink HII
            regions. Its companion, IC1727 is much fainter at 12.1 magnitude
            and is of low surface brightness in the arms which do not have
            any discernible HII. The cute little edge on galaxy is much more
            remote as you can see by its deep yellow color from intergalactic
            reddening. This 16th magnitude anonymous galaxy is only 1 arc
            minute in size and beyond the visual realm with this same instrument.
Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian
Mount:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  SBIG 10XME NABG with Enhanced Water Cooling
Guider: Meade DSI Pro  w/Lumicon Newt Easy Guider
Exposure:  LRGB = 60:20:20:20 
AstroDon RGB Combine Ratio:  1: 1.05: 1.2
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 5 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  45 F
CCD Temperature:  -20 C
Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL:  Calibration, deblooming (Starizona Debloomer), aligning, stacking
PixInsight:  Curves, Deconvolution
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Gradient removal (Grad Xterminator), Cleanup

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