🌌 M78, Barnard's Loop and Boogeyman - HaLRGB 📸✨
Barnard's Loop is a huge emission nebula in Orion. Designated Sharpless 276 (SH 2-276), it is part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex that includes the famous Orion Nebula and Horsehead Nebula. It stretches through about 10 degrees of of the sky (by comparison, the Full Moon occupies only half a degree of sky!) It is so big that only a small section of it is visible in this widefield image (which is about 2-1/2 x 4 degrees in size). It is named after astrophotographer Edward Emerson Barnard, who photographed it in 1894.
In this image, The Boogeyman (LDN 1622) in the lower left and Casper (M78) in the upper right are separated by a portion of Barnard's Loop.
The current outcome doesn't entirely meet my satisfaction, prompting a revisit for further refinement. Stay tuned as I continue to sculpt this celestial narrative. 🌌🛠️
Acquisition Details
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Exposure: Total :- Total 30 Hrs ( Ha 600secs * 36subs, Luminance Oiii 300secs * 75subs RGB each filters 300Sec * 60subs and 60Secs * 60subs)
Calibration Frame: 40 Darks, 40 Flats, 40 Dark Flats for each filters
Filters:- Chroma 3mn HALRGB
Gain:- 100
Temp:- 0°
Acquisition Equipments and Softwares
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Playerone Poseidon M Pro
@zwoasi ASI290MM
@williamoptics RedCat 51 II APO 250mm f/4.9
@zwoasi AM5
@zwoasi Mini Scope
@zwoasi EAF
@beelink_official Mini PC, NINA, and PHD2
Location
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@eao_ae - Bortle 3
Post Processing
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Processing - APP, Pixinsight, GHS, BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator
Post Processing - Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
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