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IC1848 Soul Nebula with L-eXtreme dual band, Christophe Perroud
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IC1848 Soul Nebula with L-eXtreme dual band

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IC1848 Soul Nebula with L-eXtreme dual band, Christophe Perroud
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IC1848 Soul Nebula with L-eXtreme dual band

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Hi folks,
Thanks to a good friend, I’ve had an opportunity to test the Optolong L-eXtreme filter with my usual rig - Sharpstar 76EDPH and modded Nikon D5500 - back in September 2021.
I went with 5min single exposure and was amazed by the signal I got. Could stack 50 lights for a total of 4h 10min of integration under a descent sky. I ran under some issues while dithering in DEC so I switched off that DEC option and had to deal with huge amount of "walking noise" during post-processing...
Finally, comparing to my first attempt two years ago with a smaller refractor and no filter, I’m very pleased by the final result!
In the mean time, I've recently found a 2'' filter on the second hand market to a fair price...and replaced the DSLR by a dedicated cooled astro-camera 
Stay tuned for more image to be revealed soon 
Thanks for looking at my new image and stay well!

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