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California Nebula (NGC 1499), Mike Hamende
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California Nebula (NGC 1499)

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California Nebula (NGC 1499), Mike Hamende
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California Nebula (NGC 1499)

Equipment

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Acquisition details

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Description

Equipment:

* Scope: Astrotech AT60ED

* Mount: HEQ5

* Camera: Canon 600D, LPF2 removed, Cold finger peltier mod.

* Guiding: QHY5L-II-M with QHY mini guide scope

* L-Extreme Filter 2"

* StellaMira 0.8x reducer/flattener

Software:

* N.I.N.A

* PHD2

* PixInsight

* Topaz Denoise

Acquisition:

* 92x 240" Lights

* 50 Flats

* 50 Darks

* 50 Dark Flats

* ISO 800

* Sensor temp = -5C

Processing:

* DynamicCrop

* Dynamic Background Extraction

* PCC

* Multiscale Linear Transform NR

* DarkArchon EZ Decon

* Masks/Stretch/Saturation/Curves

* Local Histogram Equalization

* SCNR

* Dark Structure Enhance script

* Star Reduction

* Topaz Denoise Lowlight

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California Nebula (NGC 1499), Mike Hamende