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NGC 4628 The Prawn nebula in SHO, Matt Hughes
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NGC 4628 The Prawn nebula in SHO

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NGC 4628 The Prawn nebula in SHO

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My attempt at the Prawn Nebula. 
I waited for the weather to clear to get some more SII and OIII data as those signals are very weak in this target. Frames taken over the month of May 2023 up until the 18th. Fighting the clouds. 

I decided to crop the image, the original widefield image is attached in the version history D.

I used Mode #3 for the QHY600M. I don't think I'll be doing that again unless the target has lots of bright features as this mode helps withs the dynamic range.

On a sad note my skies have gone from a Bortle 4 to 5 this year. A housing development has now opened up a few kilometres away and the council is changing the lights to LED and they just point up into the sky with no shielding. In addition there is a quarry to the south which is now working most nights.

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  • NGC 4628 The Prawn nebula in SHO, Matt Hughes
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Description: Decided to try Paulyman Astro's Foraxx Palette Utility. Also crop in a lot more.

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NGC 4628 The Prawn nebula in SHO, Matt Hughes