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Veil Nebulae, Eric Gagne
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Veil Nebulae

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Veil Nebulae

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Description

Total exposure time:  Approx. 1h53 minutes.
Lights: 227x30 secs @ ISO 1600, f/2.8
Darks: 23
Bias: 50
Flats: 29e
Tracker: Star Adventurer Mini
Bortle: 4

Processing:
  • Stacked with ASTAP
  • Photometric calibration with Siril
  • Processed in Photoshop
    • Some adjustments
    • Separated stars with StarXTerminator
    • More adjustments (stretch, curves, saturation, exposure, etc) on starless layer.
    • Added stars back at 30% opacitty.



So I gave the Veil nebulae another shot and this time I was able to capture for almost 2 hours and get proper calibration frames.  This time of year there a part of the milky way between us and the Veil nebulae, as I am new to this I couldn't figure out how to pull out more of the Nebulae without getting a big "tiling" effect from the milky way so I decided to use it instead.   I am not fully satisfied with the result, I think an experienced astrophotographer could I have done so much better but I am learning.......an having fun !

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