Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Mensa (Men)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2010  ·  NGC 2018  ·  NGC 2031
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NGC 2018 - first light of QHY268m, Kevin Burfitt
NGC 2018 - first light of QHY268m
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NGC 2018 - first light of QHY268m

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NGC 2018 - first light of QHY268m, Kevin Burfitt
NGC 2018 - first light of QHY268m
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NGC 2018 - first light of QHY268m

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First Light test of my new imaging camera+filters - not going to win any awards but nice to see what might be possible.

NGC 2018 - a nebula in the LMC

Taken under a 70% moon, which shows the 3nm filters do their job.  Will be interesting to compare under darker skies
I feel like these are under-exposed, even at 5-minute subs.  By my calculation I can get close to 30 minutes before I will have any significant saturation of stars - so there is work to be done to find the right gain settings for this to work.  Any hints appreciated!

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