Date Posted: 3/9/2022
Date Taken: Three nights, from 2/28/2022 thru 3/2/2022
Scope: Planewave CDK 12.5 f/8, 2541mm
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 with Astrodon Tru-Balance E-Series Gen2 filters
Temp: -15C, -25C
Mount: Losmandy Titan
Guiding: On-axis via ONAG-XM and SX UltraStar at 2541mm. FocusLock real-time focus for focusing.
Exposure: LRGB, 260:140:125:120. Luminance 10min unbinned; RGB 5min binned 2x2.

Calibrated and Stacked with CCDStack2 and MaximDL. Processed with CS4.

Centered around NGC3190 (central tilted spiral), Hickson 44 is a gravitationally bound group of galaxies that includes NGC3193, the elliptical galaxy above and to its left; NGC3187, the propeller-like galaxy to its upper right, and NGC3185, the facing barred spiral below and to its right. It is also catalogued as Arp 316.

Other than its very prominent dust land, there's not much detail to be found in NGC3190. I was pleased with the detail I was able to reveal in NGC3185. although I created some weird artifacts in bringing out the outer halo.