Cygnus Wall, Part of NGC 7000 in SHO (EasyQuest)

Cygnus Wall, Part of NGC 7000 in SHO

Comments
This is data back in the summer when I received my ASI2600mm pro. I wanted an SHO image of the Cygnus Wall of NGC 7000 as first light of the camera. I used the included ZWO filters that came with the camera as a bundle. The image you see is my second time processing as my first time was not are good. After a few months I can back the results is what you see. The weird lines on the corner is caused by the OAG being in the way. Enjoy~

Moon Phase, Location, and Date

Moon Phase For July: 15%, 86%, 78%, 70% (Moon during HA session as well as SII)
Moon Phase For August: 41% (Moon was rising for SII and OIII but was on the other side of the sky)
Murfreesboro, TN (Bortle 6)
July 15,27,28,29, 2021
August 01, 2021

Equipment

Telescope/Lens: Explore Scientific ED102-FCD100 (714 mm at f/7)
Flattener/Reducer: Hotech 2" SCA Self-Centering Field Flattener (Native Focal Length)
Auto Focuser: ZWO EAF Electronic Automatic Focuser
Filter: ZWO 7.0nm Narrowband SII - 36mm Unmounted
Filter: ZWO 7.0nm Narrowband HA - 36mm Unmounted
Filter: ZWO 7.0nm Narrowband OIII - 36mm Unmounted
Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW (7 x 36mm)
Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro (Rowan Belt Modification for better tracking and autoguiding)
Off-Axis Guider: ZWO OAG
Guider: ZWO ASI120MM-MINI
Dew Heater Controller: Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro (Clean up Cables)
Dew Heater: Dew Not 6" Dew Heater Strip - DN007
Dew Heater: Dew Not 1" Dew Heater Strip - DN002
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Polar Alignment: QHYCCD Polemaster (Precise polar alignment)
Laptop (For imaging, dither, auto guiding, plate solve)

Software

PHD2 (For Auto Guiding)
QHYCCD PoleMaster Software (Polar Alignment)
Astrophotography Tool (APT) (For Dither, plate solve, mount control)
EQMOD (Remove Hand Controller and allow pulse guiding)
Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox (Control the Pocket Powerbox Micro)
Deep Sky Stacker (Stacking Frames)
Photoshop (Processing)
PixInsight (Processing)

Acquisition

Exposure per Filter: 15 hrs
SII - 60 x 300s (5 hrs)
HA - 60 X 300s (5 hrs)
OIII - 60 x 300s (5 hrs)
Temperature: -5°C on all calibration frames as well as light frames
60 Flats for SII
40 Flats for HA and OIII
20 Darks (Used Master Dark file)
20 Bias (Used Master Bias file)
Gain: 100 (Unity Gain)
Bin: 1x1
Offset: Left Default

Processing in Photoshop and PixInsight

Stacked in DSS
Edited in Photoshop and PixInsight
Manual Gradient Adjustment
Selective Curves Adjustment
Color Correction
Blacks Correction
Light sharpening Applied
RC-Astro StarXTerminator in Photoshop
Adjusted levels
Adjusted Curves
Selective Curves Adjustment
Saturation Balance
Some Noise Reduction
Cropped
Morphological Transformation in PixInsight for Star reduction
Linear Dodge to add stars back on
Star color correction

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	5348295
PixInsight job	XMODWDEKCDTIJXPKN20UM52KIGVBDUO6
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	20h59m41s.14
RA (top/left)	21h00m44s.68
RA (top/right)	20h53m48s.34
RA (bottom/right)	20h58m41s.60
RA (bottom/left)	21h05m37s.18

Dec (center)	+43°40′56″.4
Dec (top/left)	+44°46′08″.2
Dec (top/right)	+43°24′28″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	+42°35′49″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+43°56′15″.6

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