Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Carina (Car)  ·  Contains:  IC 2599  ·  NGC 3324  ·  The star t1 Car
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NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula, Martin Dowd
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NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula

Revision title: NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula Reprocess

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NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula, Martin Dowd
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NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula

Revision title: NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula Reprocess

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Last week we had 2 consecutive clear moonless nights which is extremely rare in Summer. Captured NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula which is located on one of the outer arms of Carina

Location : Sydney , Australia
Skies : Bortle 8 heavy light polluted skies
Conditions : Average to Good Seeing
New Moon
Very light SE wind 
No Dew

Backyard semi permanent set up
Telescope : 8" f5 Klaus Helmerich Carbon Fibre Newt
Mount : Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro 
Imaging Camera : ZWO 2600MM temp -10C , Gain 100
Coma Corrector : TS Optics GPU 
Filter Wheel : ZWO 7 x 2"
Filters : Antlia 3nm Ha , Oiii and Sii
Guide Scope : Orion 60mm with helical focuser
Guide Camera : ZWO 120MM
45 x 3min subs Ha
40 x 3 min subs Oiii
44 x 3 min subs Sii
Darks from Library
Bias from Library
Flats for Ha, Oiii , Sii
Tracking and Goto : Eqmod and Stellarium
Aquisition : APT
Guiding : PHD2 ( 0.45 to 0.55 arc sec total rms avg )
Analysed , Calibrated and Stacked in ASTAP
Decided to process in an older version of Startools version 1.7 to see what sort of result I could achieve , I haven’t used 1.7 in 2 years. ( Data Sets loaded into Compose , Color SHO: HST preset with tweaks in all colours )

Total integration 6 hours 

I decided to leave the Auto stretch as default and try to include as much nebulosity and detail as possible with the hours I had on this object. 
The actual noise floor  only required a 2 pixel de noise 
Fairly pleased with the result 

Comments welcome 
Thanks for looking 

Clear Skies
Martin

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Title: NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula Reprocess

Description: Decided to spend more time on this image to improve overall detail and contrast
Used the following modules for adjusting image in Startools 1.7
AutoDev
Contrast
HDR
Sharpen
Super Structure

More pleased with this latest result compared to the original

Thanks for looking
Comments welcome

Clear Skies
Martin

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NGC 3324 Gabriela Mistral Nebula, Martin Dowd