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The Strawberry Nebula (Sh2-263), estabrook
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The Strawberry Nebula (Sh2-263)

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The Strawberry Nebula (Sh2-263), estabrook
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The Strawberry Nebula (Sh2-263)

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The Strawberry Nebula (Sh2-263).  There is always another gem to be found in Orion (which is fortunate, since my view of Orion is terrific for much of the late fall and early winter).  I saw a few photos of this one here on Astrobin and figured I'd give it a shot.  The project came along pretty smoothly, but after two years, my Hyperstar collimation luck has run out.  I struggled mightily to get decent looking broadband stars on this image, but it wasn't to be.  (In fact, I still haven't gotten the thing back in working order).  As a result, this is a rare image of mine that uses both broadband and narrowband data, but uses narrowband stars.  There's a first time for everything.

(Captured: C6, AM5, Hyperstar, ASI183MC Pro, IDAS NBX UHS filter, Optolong L-Pro filter. Processed: AstroPixelProcessor, PixInsight, StarXterminator, NoiseXterminator, BlurXterminator)

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