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Cone Nebula Mosaic (Widefield), Adam Block
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This is a four panel mosaic of the Cone Nebula region. I assembled in PixInsight using Photometric Mosaic. 
Photometric Mosaic is unmatched in my experience as far as putting together seamless joins. Amazing stuff. 
I demonstrate putting together this image and explaining all about Photometric Mosaic here.
This is a section I have been wanting to complete for some time...I am happy I finally made it. 

There are around 75 hours of time in this. Roughly that is 6 hours per filter (RGB) per frame. 
The data quality was all over the place...but at the end of the day (after drizzling!) there are so many pixels it looks reasonable. 
You need to "pixel peep" to see some of the famous objects. This is a very low resolution image since it is acquired at 5" per pixel.
Also, this is a straight up RGB broadband image- no NB. 

Thanks for stopping by!
Sincerely,
Adam

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Cone Nebula Mosaic (Widefield), Adam Block