Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  LBN 598  ·  PK120+18.1  ·  Sh2-174
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Sh2-174 in SHO/RGB stars, Uwe Deutermann
Sh2-174 in SHO/RGB stars, Uwe Deutermann

Sh2-174 in SHO/RGB stars

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Sh2-174 in SHO/RGB stars, Uwe Deutermann
Sh2-174 in SHO/RGB stars, Uwe Deutermann

Sh2-174 in SHO/RGB stars

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Description

The first image after the long summer monsoon, always a special time of the year, more than 3 months of astro dryness behind me 😊.
There was a lot of work in this image that one cannot see. From finding the correct back focus to fixing the auto focuser (attached it from scratch) and a new software from Bisque since the 6200 was not supported by the older version, which caused as well some hurdles to take (Bisque support was A+). New polar alignment, and since the last time I did that was a while ago I made of course a mistake, wasting some imaging time.
Nevertheless, I got some minutes together for Sh2-174, tried 300 and 600s exposures, and after processing the data I think it was worth adding the 600s ones.
Happy to be back in astro imaging times!! Some major projects for the Winter are in preparation, can't wait!

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  • Sh2-174 in SHO/RGB stars, Uwe Deutermann
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    Sh2-174 in SHO/RGB stars, Uwe Deutermann
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Description: Annotated image.

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E

Description: Better star reduction, smoother image overall.

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Description: Reprocessed from scratch, the long summer time made me forget quite some processing steps. Catching up ...

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Sh2-174 in SHO/RGB stars, Uwe Deutermann