Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  16 omi01 CMa  ·  LBN 1052  ·  Sh2-308  ·  The star ο1CMa
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Dolphin Head Nebula Sh2-308 in HOO, Justin Hendrickson
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Dolphin Head Nebula Sh2-308 in HOO

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Dolphin Head Nebula Sh2-308 in HOO, Justin Hendrickson
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Dolphin Head Nebula Sh2-308 in HOO

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This image was challenging for me due to its relatively low altitude in the sky of my southern California backyard. It peaked at around 32 degrees of altitude and it took me 8 nights to acquire 20 hours of usable subframes and I probably should have gone for more like 40 hours after going through post processing. I felt like I had to use more noise reduction than I usually do for a narrowband image. I've wanted to try for this object for awhile now because I just like the look of it, and it was a good selection to have my first go at a HOO palette image.

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Dolphin Head Nebula Sh2-308 in HOO, Justin Hendrickson