Inside the Tarantula Nebula (Rodd Dryfoos)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Dorado (Dor) · Contains: 30 Dor Cluster · NGC 2042 · NGC 2050 · NGC 2055 · NGC 2060 · NGC 2069 · NGC 2070 · NGC 2081 · Tarantula Nebula

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A Insigfht Observatory dataset. Considering the source of the data, I am dissapoianted. I am curious why almost 30% of the frame is lost to edge artifacts. Perhaps it is par for the course with automated capture. But that doesn't explain the wild hazes and histogram brightnesses of the frames. I will say this, despiste this data being captured in a remote observatory in Chile, by calibrated masters look much better.

This is another target I can't image from my location, so I broke down and purchased the data. I wish there was a true luminance. I created a synthetic Lum, which worked OK. I listed my filters though they were not used. I want to show the integration and do not want to go through the trouble of adding filters to my equipment.

I question the palette accuracy of this data. PCC color calibration would not work, so I did it the old fashioned way using the BN and CC tools. The palette is poor and probably not accurate.

Better than clouds, but the fact that I have to think about it to come to this conclusion speaks volumes.

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	9913751
PixInsight job	JNWN8IYKXXH1JTR14VF77SLTG98L2TN6
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h38m26s.370
RA (top/left)	05h41m07s.608
RA (top/right)	05h40m19s.602
RA (bottom/right)	05h35m48s.460
RA (bottom/left)	05h36m28s.697

Dec (center)	-69°06′22″.90
Dec (top/left)	-69°24′03″.88
Dec (top/right)	-68°46′03″.13
Dec (bottom/right)	-68°48′30″.77
Dec (bottom/left)	-69°26′38″.53

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