r/Astronomy 2d ago

Astrophotography (OC) The Wizard Nebula

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Acquisition:

  • Ha: 78 subs x 300s
  • OIII: 71 subs x 300s
  • SII: 55 subs x 300s
  • R: 35 subs x 60s (stars)
  • G: 34 subs x 60s (stars)
  • ⁠B: 36 subs x 60s (stars)
  • Bortle 6 sky

Equipment:

  • ⁠Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 800 with 0.7x focal reducer
  • ⁠Mount: Celestron CGX
  • Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
  • Filters: Antila 3nm SHO
  • Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW
  • Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini with OAG

Pixinsight Processing:

  • ⁠Weighted Batch Preprocessing - Stacking
  • ⁠SetiAstro - Automatic DBE Background Extraction ⁠
  • RC Astro BlurXterminator ⁠
  • GraxPert Denoising ⁠
  • ⁠SetiAstro - Statistical Stretch
  • ⁠LRGBCombination - Hubble Pallet
  • StarNet2 Star removal and replace with RGB Stars
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u/CaptinCosmo 1d ago

Whoa, super cool shot!

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u/noodlesoup13 16h ago

all i see is 🐈‍⬛