This galaxy, NGC3718 is in my opinion one of the prettiest galaxies in Ursa Major.

I tried imaging this one last year under a near full moon but I wasn’t really satisfied with the result. Here is another 13 hours under new moon conditions. Much better!

This image makes me appreciate my 130 PDS telescope. I keep thinking about upgrading to something bigger and better but sometimes I wonder if I should just continue modding the scope a bit to fix the focuser issues and replace the metal tube with a carbon one.

I do have some new gear coming, a 135 mm Samyang lens for some widefield imaging. Hope to test it soon.