NGC 896 As a Learning Exercise (Alex Woronow)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: IC 1795 · LBN 645 · LBN 646 · LBN 647 · LBN 648 · LDN 1359 · NGC 896

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NGC 896 As a Learning Exercise

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NGC 896 As a Learning Exercise

OTA:……………….CDK17
Camera:………….FLI Proline 16803, 9 micron pixels, 0.64 arcsec/pxl
Observatory:…. Rodeo, NM (B. Miller, owner/operator)

EXPOSURES:
…R…….15 x 900 sec.
…B…....16 x 900
…G……15 x 900
…L…….26 x 1200
…O.….11 x 1800
…H.….15 x 1800
…S.….17 x 1800
Total exposure   41.7 hours

Image Width: 41 arc-minutes
Processed by Alex Woronow (2022) using PixInsight, Topaz, 3DLut, SWT

I processed this target hoping for some great detail…it’s just not there in an adequately satiating abundance! So I change objectives to a learning exercise with the goal to mature a workflow for processing starless images and reinserting the stars without making them look too phony. I made some progress, but they’re still a few things not quite right. The main one is that the stars got saturated somewhere along the line. Once saturated, there’s no reliable unsaturation tool. Now I know to watch for that and never let it occur. The rest of it, particularly the re-inserting of the stars, I think I understand much better. Time will tell!

By the way, I have a write-up on what the problems are, and how to counter them; along with a PI script with documentation for its use (very un-PI of me! I apologize!). Contact me in a private email if you want copies.

Alex

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	5364512
PixInsight job	9KR3G055WZTM7CDR1RXY6EI6VJ0RD5L8
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	02h26m27s.80
RA (top/left)	02h30m35s.25
RA (top/right)	02h26m48s.41
RA (bottom/right)	02h22m19s.77
RA (bottom/left)	02h26m08s.50

Dec (center)	+62°04′46″.4
Dec (top/left)	+62°02′11″.8
Dec (top/right)	+62°33′49″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	+62°06′53″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	+61°35′46″.6

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