Hi Folks,
It's been a really long time since I posted an imaging project! So, where have I been?
In October, after a two-year search, my wife and I put an offer in on a property that would allow me to build my long-sought-for observatory!
We got the property, and since then, we have been sucked into a black hole of closing, packing, moving, and doing work on both the new a the old house! I have been amazed at how all-consuming it has been. But the move is now done - the most important boxes are unpacked - my new Man/Astro Cave is in place - and I NEEDED to get my hands on some Astro images. Since my gear is still all broken down, this took the form of a reprocessing project!
Before all of this started, I had my SH2-157 - The Lobster Claw project from 2021 in my sights.
This was an excellent target taken with my wide-field setup - the Askar FRA400 Astrograph - so I could capture not only the Lobster Claw but also the Bubble Negula as well as several other small objects in this rich region of the sky. This was a Narrowband capture. The first night was clear and wonderful, but the clouds rolled in the next night, and I ended up with only a little over 4 hours of integration.
I was not thrilled with my original processing, and I wanted to see if I could improve on it with new tools and new techniques I have developed since then.
For comparison, here is my original image:
You can see this Imaging Project Post for this here:
https://cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/sh2-157-lobster-clawand on Astrobin here:
https://www.astrobin.com/d9h0gl/You can see the new version above.
A detailed processing walkthrough can also be seen here:
https://cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/sh2-157-lobster-claw-reprocessHope you like the new version!
Clear Skies,
Pat
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