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Image of the day 09/02/2022

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    First Tarantula of the season - SHO over many mornings, robonrome
    First Tarantula of the season - SHO over many mornings
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    First Tarantula of the season - SHO over many mornings

    Image of the day 09/02/2022

    Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
      First Tarantula of the season - SHO over many mornings, robonrome
      First Tarantula of the season - SHO over many mornings
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      First Tarantula of the season - SHO over many mornings

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      Rising around 3am to a height I can start to image I gathered SHO data on this over a two week period on at least 8 nights. 

      It's right in the light dome of a major city (Bortle 7 here) so my antlia filters 3nm are working hard. Was hoping to get some RGB stars to finish off but due to technical issues it was not to be.

      Stacked in APP and combined both in APP and Startools and then blended and processed as starless in PS and reintroducing stars at the end.

      I'm rigging up my new Meade 12in ACF for imaging now, and expect that will keep me busy for a while, but may return and try a deeper version of the same framing again with my APM130 apo when it's more an all nighter and getting out of the horizon murk late in the season.

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      First Tarantula of the season - SHO over many mornings, robonrome

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