I decided to go for some saturated stars in this image. I'm fairly satisfied with the results for only an hour of data from my light polluted apartment. If you're curious, [here is the location of the 'propeller' commonly seen visually in this cluster](
https://i.imgur.com/yrr4E48.png). An annotated image can be [found here.](
https://i.imgur.com/PqtBwx6.jpg) It's fun to look at all of the tiny and faint galaxes in the background of this region of sky. Captured on the morning of March 7th, 2019 from a bortle 7 zone.
**Equipment:**
* TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian
* Orion Sirius EQ-G
* ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
* Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
* ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm
* Astronomik LRGB Filters- 31mm
* Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope
* ZWO ASI-120MC for guiding
* Moonlite Autofocuser
**Acquisition:** 1 hour 1 minute (Camera at Unity Gain, -20°C)
* Lum- 29x60"
* Red- 11x60"
* Green- 10x60"
* Blue- 11x60"
* Darks- 30
* Flats- 30 per filter
**Capture Software:**
* EQMod mount control. Captured using [N.I.N.A.](
https://nighttime-imaging.eu/) and PHD2 for guiding and dithering.
**[PixInsight Processing](
https://i.imgur.com/PX0geeL.png):**
* BatchPreProcessing
* StarAlignment
* ImageIntegration
* DynamicCrop
* DynamicBackground Extraction
* **Luminance:**
* AutomaticBackgroundExtraction
* TVG/MMT Noise Reduction
* HistogramTransformation
* **RGB:**
* LinearFit to Green
* ChannelCombination
* PhotometricColorCalibration
* DynamicBackgroundExtraction
* SCNR
* HSV Repair
* ArcsinhStretch
* HistogramTransformation
* LRGBCombination with Luminance
* ACDNR
* [Curves](
https://i.imgur.com/DKrxcfa.jpg)Transformations
* LocalHistogramEqualization
* AdvStarMask
* MorphologicalTransformation
* Annotation
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