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furgle
13-03-2018, 11:23 PM
This image is a narrowband representation showing Hydrogen-alpha (orange), Sulfur-II (red), and Oxygen-III (blue).

Image Integration:


43x 600s Hydrogen-alpha
42x 600s Sulfur-II
54x 600s Oxygen-III

Total exposure 23 hours 10 minutes.

Hardware:


GSO RC8 carbon fibre astrograph
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
QSI 683-ws8 Camera @ -15°C
Astronomik 6nm Ha, 6nm SII, 6nm OIII
Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2 Autoguider
Starlight Xpress Active Optics
Innovations Foresight On Axis Guider


Location:


Imaged over five nights, high humidity. Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)


Software:


The SkyX Pro
AstroArt 6
PHD2 + PHD_Dither
CCDInspector
CCDStack 2+
PixInsight


Better resolution and processing description here (http://observatory.site/astrophotography/Gabriela_Mistral_Nebula/Gabriela_Mistral_Nebula_20180313.ht ml)

Jeff
17-03-2018, 08:47 PM
I can see that a lot of work has gone into this.
Very Nice indeed. :thumbsup: