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The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud - Mosaic - LRGB, Adam Cox
The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud - Mosaic - LRGB
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The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud - Mosaic - LRGB

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
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The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud - Mosaic - LRGB, Adam Cox
The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud - Mosaic - LRGB
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The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud - Mosaic - LRGB

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Target: The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud - Mosaic - LRGB

This is a reprocessed version of the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud I captured in May 2023.

The two panel mosaic has approx. 6.5 hrs of total integration time, consisting of the following per panel:

L x 40 x 120 sec
R x 20 x 120 sec
G x 20 x 120 sec
B x 20 x 120 sec

Date: Imaged over May 2023 from ACT region, Australia.

Equipment:
  • Scope: William Optics Zenithstar 81 with Flattener
  • Camera: ZWO533MM Pro
  • Filter: Optolong 1.25" LRGB Filters
  • Mount: EQ6-R Pro

Processing:
Processed in PixInsight:
  • WBPP with 2x Drizzle and Autocrop enabled
  • BlurXTerminator @ AI V4.0 @ 0.5 Sharpen Non-stellar per L and RGB channel
  • SPCC for RGB Channel
  • LRGB Combine
  • Mosaic by Coordinates
  • Gradient Merge Mosaic
  • Histogram Transform for stretching, hue and saturation
  • NoiseXTerminator @ 0.5 Denoise

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The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud - Mosaic - LRGB, Adam Cox