ABELL2151 Widefield - QHY268 first light (Jonathan Young)

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ABELL2151 Widefield - QHY268 first light

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ABELL2151 Widefield - QHY268 first light

First light with an QHY268m on Abell 2151 shooting to the east over the Ann Arbor light dome.

Overall very clean data needing significantly less NR and background treatment than my previous 1600. Sensitivity and DR increase is obvious. Total image time was limited to 4.5 hrs but still a pleasant image. Corners of the APS-C (cropped) and checking with calipers indicated backfocus off 0.9mm from ideal.

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Description: Having some fun with a deeper dive into processing tools. 2x drizzle to push the optics, gradient removal, sharp/decon mask excluding background and highlights, additional optimizations in Topaz studio and adjust. Star spikes added in Startools for dramatic effect.

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RA (center)	16h05m05s.400
RA (top/left)	16h05m45s.446
RA (top/right)	16h04m18s.817
RA (bottom/right)	16h04m24s.673
RA (bottom/left)	16h05m51s.109

Dec (center)	+17°44′52″.30
Dec (top/left)	+17°59′48″.14
Dec (top/right)	+17°58′49″.50
Dec (bottom/right)	+17°29′56″.18
Dec (bottom/left)	+17°30′54″.68

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