vdB 130 / Barnard 344 - Colorful Star Clouds in Cygnus ( Yannick Akar )

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vdB 130 / Barnard 344 - Colorful Star Clouds in Cygnus

Link: https://astrophotomannheim.de/images/vdb-130-barnard-344

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses: Celestron RASA 11" V2
Imaging Cameras: QHYCCD QHY268 M
Mounts: iOptron CEM60
Filters: Baader Blue (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm · Baader Green (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm · Baader H-alpha Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 3.5nm (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm · Baader O-III Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 4nm (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm · Baader Red (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm · Baader S-II Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 4nm (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm
Accessories: Baader UFC-Tilter · Baader Universal filter changer (UFC) · Celestron Focus Motor · Pegasus Astro Ultimate Powerbox 2
Software: Adobe Photoshop · AstroSharp Ltd SharpCap · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses: Artesky 32mm Mini Guide Scope
Guiding Cameras: ZWO ASI290MM

Dates:: June 1, 2022 · June 9, 2022 · June 17, 2022 · July 4, 2022
Frames:: Baader Blue (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm: 120×30″(1h) (gain: 0.00) f/2.2 -10°C bin 1×1
Baader Green (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm: 120×30″(1h) (gain: 0.00) f/2.2 -10°C bin 1×1
Baader H-alpha Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 3.5nm (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm: 220×180″(11h) (gain: 56.00) f/2.2 -10°C bin 1×1
Baader O-III Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 4nm (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm: 170×180″(8h 30′) (gain: 56.00) f/2.2 -10°C bin 1×1
Baader Red (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm: 120×30″(1h) (gain: 0.00) f/2.2 -10°C bin 1×1
Baader S-II Highspeed(f/2) Ultra-Narrowband 4nm (CMOS-Optimized) 50x50 mm: 160×180″(8h) (gain: 56.00) f/2.2 -10°C bin 1×1
Integration:: 30h 30′
Darks:: 50
Flats:: 50
Flat darks:: 200
Avg. Moon age:: 8.55 days
Avg. Moon phase:: 46.09%

RA center: 20h18m24s.44

DEC center: +39°20′57″.1

Pixel scale: 1.551 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -178.065 degrees

Field radius: 1.292 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open

Resolution: 5000x3317

File size: 20.6 MB

Locations: Home Garden (Est. Sky Quality: 19.16), Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Data source: Backyard

I thought this region of the sky was the perfect target to retry Eric Coles tone mapping technique. Processing was interesting and definitely a fun way of handeling the post-processing. I hope the final result with it's wide color range isn't to paralyzing.

A big thanks to @Alan Pham for the inspiration of the color palette.

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Celestron RASA
Narrowband imaging
QHY268M/ZWO2600M Images
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RA (center)	20h18m24s.44
RA (top/left)	20h12m46s.27
RA (top/right)	20h23m47s.37
RA (bottom/right)	20h24m09s.00
RA (bottom/left)	20h12m54s.84

Dec (center)	+39°20′57″.1
Dec (top/left)	+38°39′47″.8
Dec (top/right)	+38°35′20″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	+40°01′04″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+40°05′48″.4

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