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Description

Please watch the complete processing video!   Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmLiGeDRkPA


161 Subs Total        Realized at Otakhi Lake Campground, Sept 17,18  2023

13.6  Hours light Integration:  Bortle 2   New Moon
46 subframes in SII;   307 Seconds for each frame
65 subframes in Ha;   302 Seconds for each frame
50 subframes in OIII;   305 Seconds for each frame
6 Darks   -10C
No Dark Flats, Flats, or Bias Frames were used

Antlia 3nM 2-inch round-mounted filters for all lines
QHYCCD 7 position filter wheel

QHYCCD camera    268m Pro 16 Bits 26 MP  APS-C format
Skywatcher ESPRIT 100ED triplet refractor telescope   100mm x 550mm
With supplied 100 corrector, no reduction

Orion 80mm x 300mm doublet refractor guide scope with Starshoot TM camera direct ST4 to mount
PHD guiding of course

EQ6R PRO mount
SV Bony wrap heaters

The amazing QHYCCD Polemaster exact NCP RA alignment camera/software system!
Synscaninit cell app for location, time, date, altitude, coordinates data for entry into Synscan hand control

No auto focuser used
Focus obtained with Bahtinov mask

Plate solving was not used.  Instead, I use one-star alignment on the Synscan hand control with Telrad finder
to center the star on the laptop screen

APT Image capture
Alienware I17 laptop
Deep Sky Stacker
Pixinsight
PS

Wondershare Filmora used for video production

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Heart SHO, Duane Melvin