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Flame and Horsehead Nebulae, Mr. Ashley McGlone
Flame and Horsehead Nebulae
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Flame and Horsehead Nebulae

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Flame and Horsehead Nebulae, Mr. Ashley McGlone
Flame and Horsehead Nebulae
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Flame and Horsehead Nebulae

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After weeks of clouds I finally had a break to capture these two beauties.

You can watch a time lapse video of the session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk3Ou2voJds The GoPro Hero 11 does an amazing job at astrophotography!

Due to the temperature (26F to 18F) I had to drop the cooled camera down to -20C. The budget Svbony dew heaters from Amazon set on low kept my primary lens and guiding lens free from frost; they worked well.

Camera Settings:
QHY268C
Mode 1 high gain
Gain 60
Offset 30
USB speed 10
Temp -20C

Bortle 6
115/805mm refractor with 0.8 reducer/flattener is f/5.6

Processing:
APP: Remove light pollution, Calibrate Star Color, Reduce stars, Crop
GIMP: Crop, Levels (all channels), Levels (green mid sweep), Curves, Hue-Chroma (slight boost on chroma), Scale, Watermark

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Flame and Horsehead Nebulae, Mr. Ashley McGlone