Imaging telescopes or lenses: Takahashi TOA-130 APO Refractor
Imaging cameras: QSI 6162 monochrome
Guiding cameras: Starlight Xpress Lodestar Off Axis Guider
Software: Adobe Photoshop 2020 · Sky Safari Pro, iOS Sky Safari Pro · PHD2 Guiding 2.6.6 PHD2 · Topaz Denoise DeNoise
Filters: Chroma OIII 3nm O3 · Chroma Ha 5nm Chroma Ha · Chroma SII 5nm Chroma SII
Accessory: Takahashi flattener 1.04X Flattener 67 · Kendrick Standard Dual Channel Controller
Dates:Sept. 28, 2020
Frames:
Chroma Ha 5nm Chroma Ha: 12x600" bin 1x1
Chroma SII 5nm Chroma SII: 8x900"
Chroma OIII 3nm O3: 5x900"
Integration: 5.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 11.68 days
Avg. Moon phase: 89.59%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00
Astrometry.net job: 3897610
RA center: 18h 3' 55"
DEC center: -24° 18' 32"
Pixel scale: 1.242 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 321.647 degrees
Field radius: 0.876 degrees
Resolution: 3901x3256
Locations: Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Data source: Backyard
Late season M8 from lockdown central - My light polluted suburban backyard, Bortle 7 -Melbourne Australia.
A return to my narrowband roots, just 5+ hrs of data processed with the usual J-P Metsavianio tone mapping and a tweak or two inspired by Eric Coles Histogram balancing method.
Fortunately, it's a very bright target!
Description: Minor tweak to O3
Description: Modified core details
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| Fine Art Astrophotography |
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