C20 - North America Nebula 2 - A new hope (Mirinael)

C20 - North America Nebula 2 - A new hope

I finally took subs over 1m30 ! *free covid hugs for everyone*

First try autoguiding + dithering, with the ZWO OAG and ASI290MM Mini.

Looks really good to me, I didn't process to much (and was really impressed from how in just one level / curve adjustment the data came). There's some aberration on the left side that looks like coma, maybe tilt ?

Stars are really big but this is more like a processing issue. I will do more versions with this lovely data to practice processing !

There is still noise (and darks points btw, I never cleaned the sensor), but I'm pretty sure I can't do miracles with a DSLR and no filters without breaking the entire image. Maybe I should try other stacking options (Bayer Drizzle seems to add more colors, I'm not sure it's the way to go).

I can't believe I took this, my progression over the last months is huge, but even yesterday I was afraid I would not be able to use my rig correctly. Too technical I thought.

I'm so freaking happy to be able to capture this.

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Distribution of astrophotographers

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	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

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