WIP 2022 Cygnus Mosaic Project - 2 Panels (Danny Lee)

WIP 2022 Cygnus Mosaic Project - 2 Panels

Here I've added a second panel to my in progress Cygnus mosaic project for 2022.

It's the first time I've attempted to join two shots together into one image, having followed a great tutorial on YouTube by Windy City Astrophotography. At first I had some trouble with artefacts on stars near the join but being careful not to crop large stars too close to the boundaries and after a little trial and error the merge worked out pretty well i think.

As with the first pane I gathered about 8 hours of data over 3 nights but used PixInsight’s subframe selector to select the best 6 hours for stacking. This image is now 12 hours total integration time, 6 hours per pane.

As I add additional panes I'm experimenting with different processing techniques so one rendition may look quite different from a previous one.

Thanks for looking.

CS

WO Redcat 51 Group
The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)
UK Astro-Imaging
ZWO ASI 2600MC PRO
William Optics CAT Series

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