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Sh2-262 - Punishing Dimness in Orion, Mike Wiles
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Sh2-262 - Punishing Dimness in Orion

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This awesome little HII region was seriously, seriously dim. 60 minute subs on H-Alpha left me with a frame where the brightest knots of nebulosity were 0.1% above the background after stacking 26 hours of it. I've been working on the processing for over a month off and on and finally just gave in to what I have. It's a bit noisy.....but it was awesome fun and it's rarely imaged. By rarely imaged I mean....Dean Salman's excellent example was the only other shot of the nebula that I could find.

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Sh2-262 - Punishing Dimness in Orion, Mike Wiles