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Old 25-09-2021, 03:11 PM
Startrek (Martin)
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M8 Lagoon Nebula under a Sydney Full Moon

Over the past week or so I’ve been testing and trying to sort out calibration issues with my set up in Sydney and finally found a workable solution.
Here’s my test subject M8 Lagoon Nebula which I used as a test model during full moon phase ( over 2 nights )

6” f6 Bintel GSO newt
EQ6-R pro mount
Baader MPCC coma corrector
ZWOASI2600MC set in Ascom to highest dynamic range Gain 0 cooled to -10C
Optolong L Extreme filter
50 x 3 min dithered guided subs
40 x Flats
40 x Bias
Goto and tracking EQMOD and Ascom Stellarium
PHD2 Multistar guiding ( 0.70 to 0.80 arc sec error total )
PA was out a bit as I hadn’t checked it in 3 months ( rigs been covered over in backyard whilst I’ve been down south at my NexDome Obs )
Captured with APT
Subs reviewed in Astap
Stacked in DSS
Processed in Startools V1.7 OSC Linear data set


RGB OSC version
Synthetic Luminance version
Compose OSC Bi colour SHO versions using the Matrix presets

Comments welcome
Thanks
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