NGC2403 - 20230315 - Equinox2 (altazastro)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam) · Contains: NGC 2403

NGC2403 - 20230315 - Equinox2, altazastro

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NGC2403 - 20230315 - Equinox2

Revision title: FITS version

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

The main problem with the images produced by the Unistellar Equinox 2 is that the stars are not always round (sometimes because of some coma, sometimes because of the built-in software that "quenches" the spikes produced by the thick vanes supporting the sensor and its electronic) and almost always (unless they are really dim) saturated and white.

As far nebulosity goes, instead, it does a decent job, as can be seen in this reproduction of NGC 2403, which is not an easy subject from city imaging sites, it being easy to image the core, much less the diffused arms.

Overall all of the Unistellar telescopes are made for EAA, not AP, but they are a quite easy to use tool, hence one is easily tempted to post-process the image a bit and keep is as a "souvenir".

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Title: FITS version

Description: This version comes from the live stack made by the Equinox 2 telescope, but saved in FITS (for now you have to ask Unistellar a link to download it) and then treated for IL reduction in Astro Pixel Processor and then post-processed with the usual workflow in StarTools.
It is way better because you may process much better a FITS pic than a PNG.

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