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IC410 & NGC1893 - Tadpole Nebula with open cluster, Phil Hoppes
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IC410 & NGC1893 - Tadpole Nebula with open cluster

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IC410 & NGC1893 - Tadpole Nebula with open cluster, Phil Hoppes
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IC410 & NGC1893 - Tadpole Nebula with open cluster

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This is a project I've been working on for about 4 days.  When I discovered the target object, IC410 on the Telescopius web site I found that there are a number of close by neighbors to the nebula.  This prompted me to think this was another opportunity for a mosaic shot.  I shot with with my RedCat51 setup and with the AA+ it was a snap to setup and shot.  I did a 2x2 matrix and shot over 4 nights using two different filters, my Optolong L-eNhance and Optolong L-Ultimate.  While the imaging went well in post I found a had quite a bit of gradient in the background.  I did a little more post processing than my usual in Photoshop using the RC-Astro GradientXTerminator Filter.  That worked pretty well however I'm sure the discerning eyes of this crowd can probably still see it a little.  In doing the post I think I also over-saturated the colors just a tad.  So when you get some lemons it's always a learning experience.  I plan on going back and sharpening my pencil just a bit on the gradient removal tools both in PixInsight as well as Photoshop.

Always fun to learn and being able to just take these pictures is a gas.

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IC410 & NGC1893 - Tadpole Nebula with open cluster, Phil Hoppes