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M8 and M20 RASA8 Short Integration 2 Panel Mosaic, Brandon Tackett
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M8 and M20 RASA8 Short Integration 2 Panel Mosaic

M8 and M20 RASA8 Short Integration 2 Panel Mosaic, Brandon Tackett
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M8 and M20 RASA8 Short Integration 2 Panel Mosaic

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This was a last minute choice to catch a 2 panel mosaic with the core of the Milky Way quickly setting in July.  Focus was a big problem during this night. When I saw data and poor stars, I decided to wait until next year to go after better data. The later season also provided challenging gradients across the lower frame. 

I shelved data for a while and decided to revisit it with addition GraXpert to PI. This new script, handled the gradients much better than ABE and DBE. 
Not my best work by any stretch, but still wanted to share what a 3 hr mosaic looked like.    Still many light years better than one of my first images with the RASA8 back in Aug 2020.

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M8 and M20 RASA8 Short Integration 2 Panel Mosaic, Brandon Tackett