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IC 2162 (LRGB +Ha +OIII), James Hawks
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IC 2162 (LRGB +Ha +OIII)

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IC 2162 (LRGB +Ha +OIII), James Hawks
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IC 2162 (LRGB +Ha +OIII)

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Acquisition details

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Description

IC 2162 is a HII Ionized region in the Orion constellation and is the brightest part of an emission nebula complex. The nebula complex consists of the Sharpless objects Sh 2-254, Sh 2-255 (IC 2162), Sh 2-256, Sh 2-257, and Sh 2-258.

This image was captured, in a Queen Creek (Arizona) Bortle 7 backyard, using a Skywatcher Esprit 150ED telescope. The telescope is mounted on a 10Micron GM2000 HPS II mount. The camera is a ZWO ASI 2600MM Pro using Antlia VPRO LRGB, HA 3nm, and OIII 3nm filters. It was captured over 6 nights (2022-11-13 to 2022-11-19). The images were stacked/processed in Pixinsight and fine-tuning done in Photoshop.

Acquisition:
    Location: Queen Creek, AZ Bortle 7
    Dates: 2022-11-13 to 2022-11-19
    Lights (Dithered, Cooled -20°C, Gain 100):
        100 x 60s L
        20 x 300s R
        20 x 300s G
        20 x 300s B
        60 x 600s HA
        60 x 600s OIII
    Bias: 200
    Flats: 25 Each Filter

Hardware:
    Camera: ZWO ASI 2600MM PRO
    Scope: Skywatcher Esprit 150ED
    Focuser: FocusCube2
    Guide Camera: ASI 174mm Mini
    Guide Scope: ZWO OAG-L
    Mount: GM2000 HPS II
    Filters: Antlia VPRO LRGB, OIII 3nm, HA 3nm

Software:
    NINA
    Pixinsight
    Photoshop

Processing:
    Stacked in Pixinsight (WBPP, SubframeSelector, ImageIntegration)
    Pixinsight (DCrop, DBE, EZDecon, EZDenoise, GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch, ChannelCombination, LRGBCombination, BGNeutralization, SCNR, StarXTerminator, PixelMath (Add HA & OIII), ArcsignStretch)
    Photoshop (AstroFlat Pro, Camera Raw, Image Color/Levels/Brightness/Vibrance/Saturation)

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