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Large Magellanic Cloud Region - SHO - Three Panel Mosaic, Adam Cox
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Large Magellanic Cloud Region - SHO - Three Panel Mosaic

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Large Magellanic Cloud Region - SHO - Three Panel Mosaic, Adam Cox
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Large Magellanic Cloud Region - SHO - Three Panel Mosaic

Revision title: Large Magellanic Cloud Region - SHO - Three Panel Mosaic

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Description

Target: Large Magellanic Cloud Region in SHO.

Three panel mosaic with 71hrs integration total (Approx. 8hrs of Sii + Ha + Oiii per mosaic panel).

Panel 1:
Sii - 85 x 360 sec
Ha - 75 x 360 sec
Oiii - 73 x 360 sec

Panel 2:
Sii - 91 x 360 sec
Ha - 75 x 360 sec
Oiii - 73 x 360 sec

Panel 3:
Sii - 88 x 360 sec
Ha - 76 x 360 sec
Oiii - 74 x 360 sec

Date: Imaged over August and September 2023 from the ACT region, Australia.

Equipment:
  • Scope: William Optics Zenithstar 81 with Flattener
  • Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
  • Filters: 2" Antlia 4.5nm Edge Narrowband Filters
  • Mount: EQ6-R Pro
  • Guidescope: SV106 60mm Achromatic Guide Scope
  • Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120MM

Processing:
Processed in PixInsight:
  • WBPP with 2x Drizzle and Autocrop enabled
  • BlurXTerminator per SHO channel
  • Mosaic by Coordinates
  • Gradient Merge Mosaic
  • LRGB Combine
  • StarNet2 for star removal
  • Histogram Transform for stretching and saturation
  • NoiseXTerminator

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Large Magellanic Cloud Region - SHO - Three Panel Mosaic, Adam Cox