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Pickering's Triangle, part of the Veil Nebula, Mark C. Helton
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Pickering's Triangle, part of the Veil Nebula

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Pickering's Triangle, part of the Veil Nebula, Mark C. Helton
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Pickering's Triangle, part of the Veil Nebula

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This is my latest attempt at Pickering's Triangle, part of the Veil Nebula, a super nova remanent.  The seeing was not particularly good, with winds at about 9mph, and a relatively high humidity.  But the OPT Triad filter seems to help with the sky, and PHD2 guiding was keeping things on track.  With a temp at about 72 F, I could only get the 533 down to about -10C.  I am still learning Pixinsight, and color correction, so my star color still needs work, but I am getting there.  I kept the saturation down as to not totally mess up the star color, but they are still a little too blue for my taste.  It is a learning process.  This is such a beautiful nebula.

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Pickering's Triangle, part of the Veil Nebula, Mark C. Helton