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Monoceros Complex (Rosette/Cone/Foxfur) - Rokinon 135mm @ f/2.8 - 2600MC - Antlia Triband RGB Ultra Filter - 5.5 hours, Itto Ogami
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Monoceros Complex (Rosette/Cone/Foxfur) - Rokinon 135mm @ f/2.8 - 2600MC - Antlia Triband RGB Ultra Filter - 5.5 hours

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Monoceros Complex (Rosette/Cone/Foxfur) - Rokinon 135mm @ f/2.8 - 2600MC - Antlia Triband RGB Ultra Filter - 5.5 hours, Itto Ogami
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Monoceros Complex (Rosette/Cone/Foxfur) - Rokinon 135mm @ f/2.8 - 2600MC - Antlia Triband RGB Ultra Filter - 5.5 hours

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Monoceros Complex (Rosette/Cone/Foxfur) - Rokinon 135mm @ f/2.8 - 2600MC - Antlia Triband RGB Ultra Filter - 5.5 hours  Robert Moses State Park Long Island 11/18/23

2600MC - Gain =100 - Exposure = 180" With Antlia Triband RGB Ultra Filter.  Guiding around .3 - .7 arc/sec. Dither every 4th sub.

Thoughts from the night:
This was one of those nights where everything went perfectly. Skies were the clearest of all the nights the week I was imaging. Seeing was very good for my location. Being such a low target I was surprised to get 5.5 hours of integration. I added a tiny .1mm to my imaging train to see if my stars would improve. I need to do some pixel peeping on this image and the ones taken earlier in the week to see if there were any improvements. 

Well, it would have been perfect if there weren't the occcasional rowdy drunks hoopin' and hollerin' that come into the state park after dark. I had a group of guys jumping a sand ramp that was from a small construction site right by my imaging rig with their monster trucks. Needeless to say thier floodlights were disrupting my imaging. I went to confront them and they all took off... I must be more intimidating than I thought lol. I'm glad it ended without incident... I'm always a little nervous walking up to strangers and thier vehicles in the pitch black at 3am. Luckily for me most people are interested in what I'm doing and are courteous and want to see pics.

Once again, the Antlia Triband was used here. I have one more image, Spaghetti Nebula to process and then I'll truly have my final thoughts on this filter.

Please tell me any thoughts or improvements I can make if you have a moment. It's appreciated.
Comments and Criticisms welcome 

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Monoceros Complex (Rosette/Cone/Foxfur) - Rokinon 135mm @ f/2.8 - 2600MC - Antlia Triband RGB Ultra Filter - 5.5 hours, Itto Ogami