Soaring Seagull (IC2177 in SHO with RGB stars) (Dominik Weinbrenner)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Monoceros (Mon) · Contains: IC 2177 · LBN 1027 · LBN 1030 · LBN 1033 · LBN 1034 · LBN 1035 · LBN 1037 · LBN 1039 · NGC 2327 · NGC 2335 · NGC 2343 · PK223-02.1 · PK225-02.1 · Sh2-292 · Sh2-293 · Sh2-295 · Sh2-296 · Sh2-297 · VdB88 · VdB90 · VdB91 · VdB92 · VdB94 · VdB95

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Soaring Seagull (IC2177 in SHO with RGB stars)

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Soaring Seagull (IC2177 in SHO with RGB stars)

Probably one of the last nebula shots this season.
The Seagull had a pretty convenient time window in February, so I decided to shoot it with the Esprit and the mono rig.

As usual, the Hα channel was very strong. I was surprised to find sulfur in second place. Oxygen is pretty weak and diffuse with the seagull it seems.
I tried taking substantially shorter RGB subs to save more time for narrowband (10s instead of 60s). That worked out pretty well, I will continue doing them like this from now on.

Processing was straight forward this time without any real hurdles. LRGBCombination with 80% weight on Hα immediately delivered the right composition.
This is the first processing I did solely with StarNetv2, no issues to report. There are no super bright stars in the shots where StarXTerminator usually does a better job at removing, so I could rely on StarNetv2.

I really like this target a lot. Next season, I may re-visit it with more focal length on focus on a subregion.

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Skywatcher Esprit ED Super APO Triplet
ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Astrophotography Germany

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RA (center)	07h06m10s.68
RA (top/left)	07h07m01s.30
RA (top/right)	06h59m20s.79
RA (bottom/right)	07h05m19s.46
RA (bottom/left)	07h12m58s.96

Dec (center)	-10°57′10″.10
Dec (top/left)	-09°11′33″.1
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Dec (bottom/right)	-12°42′48″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	-10°22′04″.6

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