IC 410 - Tadpoles Nebula in SHO Palette (EasyQuest)

IC 410 - Tadpoles Nebula in SHO Palette

Comments
I had a few clear nights and wanted to complete a project on my QHY 268M and Antlia filters. I decided to shoot IC 410 - Tadpoles Nebula in the constellation Auriga. I shot HA first as the moon was out and switch over to OIII when the moon is setting. I was able to do this twice and on the last day I hit the object with SII as the moon was at 73%. The colors are interesting with the Antlia filters as I had an aquatic feeling once the colors came into place. The final first attempt of this object turn out very well and fitting for the name of the object. Enjoy~

Moon Phase, Location, and Date

Moon Phase: 54%, 64%, 73% (Moon setting during session, OIII when Moon is setting and away)
Murfreesboro, TN (Bortle 6)
December 11,12,13 2021

Equipment

Telescope/Lens: William Optics Fluorostar 132 (910 mm at f/6.9)
Flattener/Reducer: William Optics Reducer Flattener 7A x0.8 (728mm at f/5.52)
Auto Focuser: ZWO EAF Electronic Automatic Focuser
Filter: Antlia 3.0nm Narrowband SII - 36mm Unmounted
Filter: Antlia 3.0nm Narrowband HA - 36mm Unmounted
Filter: Antlia 3.0nm Narrowband OIII - 36mm Unmounted
Filter Wheel: QHY 3rd Generation Medium Electronic Filter Wheel - Standard Thickness (36mm Round, 7 Position)
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
Off-Axis Guider: ZWO OAG
Guider: ZWO ASI120MM-MINI
Dew Heater Controller: Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Advance (Clean up Cables)
Dew Heater: AstroStrap Dew Heater for 6" Telescopes
Camera: QHY 268M
Polar Alignment: QHYCCD Polemaster (Precise polar alignment)
Intel NUC (For imaging, dither, auto guiding, plate solve, Pegasus Astro Software Control) (Replaced laptop to clean up cables)

Software

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

Acquisition

Exposure per Filter: 18 Hrs
SII - 72 X 300s (6 hrs)
HA - 72 X 300s (6 hrs)
OIII - 72 x 300s (6 hrs)
Temperature: -20°C on all calibration frames as well as light frames
40 Flats for Ha and OIII
20 Flats for SII
20 Darks (Used Master Dark file)
20 Bias (Used Master Bias file)
Gain: 60
Offset: 50
Bin: 1x1
Pixel Scale: 1.07"/pixel

Processing in Photoshop and PixInsight

Stacked in DSS
Edited in Photoshop and PixInsight
RC-Astro GradientXTerminator
RC-Astro StarXTerminator in Photoshop
Morphological Transformation in PixInsight for star reduction
Star color corrections
Linear Dodge (add) to add back the stars
Manual Gradient Adjustment
Adjusted levels
Adjusted Curves
Selective Curves Adjustment
Color Correction
Blacks Correction
Light sharpening Applied
Light noise reduction on all channels and star layer
Cropped edges for clean look

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Mix of multiple sources
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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	5320488
PixInsight job	BW56V3JOJOZZNTSC9276D8VH5XYM9ZW3
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	05h22m45s.30
RA (top/left)	05h19m47s.95
RA (top/right)	05h19m53s.13
RA (bottom/right)	05h25m38s.43
RA (bottom/left)	05h25m40s.35

Dec (center)	+33°24′52″.6
Dec (top/left)	+34°19′26″.3
Dec (top/right)	+32°29′50″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	+32°30′02″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	+34°19′40″.9

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