The Ghost Returns (IC59 & IC63) (estabrook)

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The Ghost Returns (IC59 & IC63)

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The Ghost Returns (IC59 & IC63)

The Ghost Returns (IC59 & IC63). The clouds have persisted for about a month, and my Hyperstar collimation is a mess, so I haven't been able to start or finish a new project in quite some time. I do have a few images in the pipeline that I've been catching up on, processing and posting them over the past few weeks. For this one, though, I've gone back and processed some data that I had intentionally neglected--I just wasn't completely satisfied with it. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and I finally had some time to devote to the task. This image certainly outperforms my first attempt, but I'm hoping that I can capture a bit more of this object's eerie magic on the next go round.

(Captured: C6, AVX, AM5, Hyperstar, ASI183MC Pro, Optolong L-eNhance filter, IDAS NBZ UHS filter, Optolong L-Pro filter. Processed: AstroPixelProcessor, PixInsight, BlurXterminator, StarXterminator, NoiseXterminator)

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Description: Added a couple rounds of background extraction (ABE and DBE) to even out the background.

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The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)
ZWO ASI183/QHY183
Light Polluted skies
Optolong L-Pro filter
Virginia Astronomers and Astrophotographers
HyperStar Lens Astrophotography
NOVAC
IDAS NBZ Dual Band Nebula Boost Filter

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	6791176
PixInsight job	U57CEC0WPYR7FBPVPYIOB9EN9V1X1F3M
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	00h57m52s.80
RA (top/left)	00h47m19s.30
RA (top/right)	00h57m50s.29
RA (bottom/right)	01h08m48s.22
RA (bottom/left)	00h57m55s.47

Dec (center)	+60°51′06″.8
Dec (top/left)	+60°14′50″.10
Dec (top/right)	+62°16′53″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	+61°24′02″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+59°25′10″.1

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