SH2-224 - HOO (Bob Rucker)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: HD277998 · HD278001 · HD278010 · HD278105 · HD278106 · HD278107 · HD278109 · HD278110 · HD278111 · HD278112 · HD278113 · HD278116 · HD278117 · HD278119 · HD278120 · HD278121 · HD278122 · HD278123 · HD278124 · HD278125 · HD278126 · HD278127 · HD278128 · HD278129 · HD278189 · HD278190 · HD278195 · HD278196 · HD278197 · HD278198 · And 5 more.

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I finally managed to process this data from late November/December into a semi-presentable image. Problems started out with the framing since this is one target that the ASIAIR's plate solve seems off as the target is nowhere near centered. As a result, the crop is pretty extensive. The next issue was major reflections/artifacts on the Oiii channel originating from the nearby beacon of Capella. This might be the target that pushes me over the edge to purchase 3nm narrowband filters. A lot of creative curves, clone stamping and overly aggressive noise reduction was used to mitigate the bad Oiii channel data.

On a bright note, the new PC build came in handy allowing me to try all kinds of different techniques due to the uplift in speed. I switched to team blue this time going with the Intel 13700KF and some super fast Kinston Fury SSD drives. I'm almost wishing I would have gone with the Intel 13900KF but I held back on this CPU due to concerns over thermal management. It turns out that my choice of the Thermaltake MX300 case and 360mm AIO along with a CPU plate have me running about 20 degrees C cooler than anticipated. The faster chip probably would have been fine after all.

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	6894035
PixInsight job	VDCCULOZISATRYGCEABGHDX4EHHQ35GD
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h26m42s.113
RA (top/left)	05h21m47s.422
RA (top/right)	05h26m41s.745
RA (bottom/right)	05h31m31s.899
RA (bottom/left)	05h26m42s.500

Dec (center)	+42°56′03″.39
Dec (top/left)	+43°28′24″.79
Dec (top/right)	+41°53′20″.91
Dec (bottom/right)	+42°22′54″.86
Dec (bottom/left)	+43°58′46″.40

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