The North America/Pelican Nebulae: A Two Panel Mosaic (iamkrex)

The North America/Pelican Nebulae: A Two Panel Mosaic

Equipment:

- Imaging Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6 (Unmodded)

- Imaging Telescope: Apertura 60mm Doublet Apochromatic Refractor

- Flattener: Apertura Adjustable Field Flattener

- Filter: ZWO Duoband Filter (Ha + Oiii)

- Mount: Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Pro

- Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 120MM Mini

- Guide Scope: ZWO 30mm f/4 Mini Guide Scope

Acquisition:

All frames are captured using N.I.N.A.

- North America Nebula Panel: 158 x 120s at ISO 1600 (5.26 hours)

- Pelican Nebula Panel: 162 x 120s at ISO 1600 (5.4 hours)

Total Integration Time = 10.66 hours

Processing:

All processing done in PixInsight.

- Basic PreProcessing done on each panel (ImageCalibration, Debayer, SubFrameSelector, StarAlignment, ImageIntegration)

- DynamicCrop

- DynamicBackgroundExtraction on each panel

- DnaLinearFit

- ImageSolver, MosaicByCoordinates, GradientMergeMosaic

- DynamicCrop

- DBE

- Jon Rista Noise Reduction (Found here: https://jonrista.com/the-astrophotographers-guide/pixinsights/effective-noise-reduction-part-2/ )

- Extract Luminance

- Stretch RGB and L separately with STF + HT

- LRGBCombination

- LocalHistogramEqualization with Luminance Mask

- Nebula Enhancement (Tutorial Found Here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dw6imbwpq8brvdt/Howto_enhance_nebuala_without_pushing_stars.wmv?dl=0 )

- ACDNR

- Bring in black point with HT

Please note: The following tables are updated every 24 hours.

Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

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