IC1318 (The Butterfly Nebula) and NGC 6888 (The Crescent Nebula) (Busmansteve)

IC1318 (The Butterfly Nebula) and NGC 6888 (The Crescent Nebula)

IC1318 (The Butterfly Nebula) and NGC 6888 (The Crescent Nebula)Hello, back again to try new processing technics yet again. Followed Steve Millers Entering into Space Colorized SHO Palette. Think this looks a lot better than the usual SHO Hubble Pallet (Just my opinion, don’t mean to upset anybody).Distance = IC1318 4,000 Lights years awayDistance = NGC688 5,000 light years awayBortle 8 North West England SoftwarePixInsight[b] [/b]Data Collected06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13/08/2022, what a good week this was for all Astro Photographers in the UK.Ha data 107x180s = 5hrs 21minsSII data 114x180s = 5hrs 42minsOII data 76x300s = 3hrs 48minsRed Data 120x30s = 1hrsGreen Data 120x30s = 1hrBlue Data 120x30s = 1hr30 Darks per Filter40 Flats per Filter40 Dark Flats per FilterTotal 17hrs 51mins (does not include calibration frames time) EquipmentMount – Sky-watcher HEQ5 (Rowan Belt Upgrade)Optics – William Optics RedCat 51Main Camera – ZWO ASI2600mmGuide Camera – ZWO ASI120mmGuide Camera – William Optics 50mm/200mmDew Heaters – Lynx AstroFilter Wheel – ZWO 36mmFilters – Chroma Ha/Sii/Oiii 36mm 3nmFocuser – ZWO Electronic Automatic Focuser (EAF)Control Unit – ZWO ASIAIR Plus Wireless Astrophotography ControllerPower – Jackery 500 Thanks for looking & Clear Skies.

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Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

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