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Lagoon nebula SHO Bortle1, Duane Melvin
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Lagoon nebula SHO Bortle1

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Description

Bortle 1 skies   Marathon Motel Dark Skies Park, Tx. 5-14 and 5-15, 2024
All equipment was brought to the site and activity was performed onsite (I.E. not remotely operated) with data collection and processing performed exclusively by Duane Melvin

6 subs Ha 60 Seconds each
5 subs OIII 60 Seconds each
8 subs SII  60 Seconds each     
Antlia 3nm Ha narrowband 2-inch filters for all subs in QHY 7 position filter wheel

A very low number of subs at small exposure times were required in non-light polluted skies!  amazing

Esprit 100ED APO refractor triplet main telescope 100x550 without reduction using supplied field flattener producing 40mm image circle
EQ6RPRO mount
Orion guide-scope refractor doublet 80x300 with Starshoot Autoguide TM camera on ST4 direct to mount

QHY Polemaster camera on RA axis for exact NCP alignment
QHY 268 M Pro 16-bit APS-C sensor monochrome main camera cooled to -5 degrees C  (it's the desert!)

PHD guiding
APT image capture software
DeepSky Stacker
Pixinsight
Photoshop
Adobe Lightroom

Alienware 8K laptop utilized for all field capture sessions and post-processing

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Lagoon nebula SHO Bortle1, Duane Melvin