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M78 from Sunny Spain, Colin
M78 from Sunny Spain
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M78 from Sunny Spain

M78 from Sunny Spain, Colin
M78 from Sunny Spain
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M78 from Sunny Spain

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Description

I have attached an image that I have recently processed, I thought I would send this in as I was amazed by the amount of fine Ha detail and can’t remember seeing it like this.

There is a lot of data in the image about 120hrs total light frames about 60 of which is Ha.

I use a dual Tak setup, and on this occasion one camera imaged NB and one continually imaged the Ha.

This was shot from my remote observatory in Alcalali, Spain.

Hardware

2 x Takahashi FSQ106’s reduced

2 x QSI 690’s

Paramount MX+

Astrodon Filters

Software

Sequence Generator Pro

Pixinsight

Ha 180 x 1200 = 60hrs

Red 82 x 600 = 13.6hrs

Green 84 x 600 14hrs

Blue 90 x 600 15hrs

Lum 45 x 1200 15.6hrs

Total integrated time = 118.2 Hrs

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M78 from Sunny Spain, Colin