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Busy year ahead so I wont get to capture targets until Autumn the earliest. So I will go back to previous data and repro...
20/01/2024

Busy year ahead so I wont get to capture targets until Autumn the earliest. So I will go back to previous data and reprocess due to better software and improved skills.
NGC7000 North American Nebula and The great Wall of Cygnus captured August 2022, Kidderminster with bortle 5 sky brightness.
Imaging telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 73 F/5.9 @ 430mm
Imaging camera: ASI 294MC Pro cooled to -20C (-4F)
Mount: EQ6-R-Pro
Guiding telescope. William Optics 50mm UniGuide
Guiding cameras: ASI 120mm
Field Flattener: William Optics P-FLAT73A
Software: Pixinsight, BlurXterminator,StarXterminator,NoiseXterminator. Bi colour representation using Generalised Hyperbolic Stretching.
Filters: Optolong L-Extreme
Accessories: ZWO Electronic Automatic Focuser, ASIair

My data of The Rosette Nebula (NGC2244/Caldwell 49) in Hubble Palette. Captured on the 20-21st January 2023. Image cons...
22/01/2023

My data of The Rosette Nebula (NGC2244/Caldwell 49) in Hubble Palette. Captured on the 20-21st January 2023.
Image consists of 75 x 300s exposures, taken with a William Optics ZenithStar 73 Telecope F5.9 , a ZWO 294MC Pro camera and a Optolong L-Extreme Dual Band Filter.

This Nebula spans a distance of about 100 light years across and is located 5,000 light years from Earth in the Monoceros constellation.
Catalogued as NGC 2244/Caldwell 49, the Rosette Nebula more than lives up to its informal nickname, as its circular shape and deep, dark centre gives it a floral appearance.

At the centre of the Nebula is NGC 2244, a group of stars that form a gravitationally bound open star cluster thought to be about 4 million years old. These stars are emitting streams of charged particles known as stellar winds, carving out the gas and dust at the centre of the nebula and earning the cosmic cloud its Rosette nickname.

The surrounding gas that forms a ring around the dark centre is glowing because it is being blasted by radiation from nearby stars

My First Light data - August 2022.NGC-7000 North America Nebula, a diffuse nebula in the constellation Cygnus, approxima...
23/10/2022

My First Light data - August 2022.

NGC-7000 North America Nebula, a diffuse nebula in the constellation Cygnus, approximately 2,200 light-years away. The nebula at the bottom of the picture is often referred to as the Cygnus Wall, where active star formation is still taking place.

Equipment - EQ 6R Pro, William Optics Zenithstar 73, William Optics 200mm guide scope, ASI 294mm pro colour camera, ASI 220mm mini guide camera, Asiair plus, Electronic Auto Focuser, Optolong L-Extreme Filter.

8 hours data consisting of 96x 300 seconds Exposures. From my back garden, Bortle 5 skies.
Processed using Pixinsight, StarXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, Generalised Hyperbolic Stretch and Pixelmath Equations to create a Hubble like pallete.

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