Last month I did 2 nights with the Hyperstar from the Sydney B6/7 backyard. One of the targets I hit was m33. It’s data I never thought I’d process for the simple reason that m33 is so low that I literally have to shoot through the timber lattice at the top of my side fence (even through the meridian). Buuuuut, with weeks of rain I thought I’d give it a go processing it, and out of the grand total of 1 times I’ve shot this target it’s by far the best I’ve ever done!!
Just for a comparison/laugh I thought I’d post the raw calibrated (yes calibrated) stack. Lots of LP gradient removal in APP, and liberal amounts of noise control were thrown at it with a heavy hand as you can see. Bit of a crop helped too.
Anyways- it’s not the prettiest rendition (and didn’t have my Hyperstar aligned well at all these sessions) but I don’t see many of these northern galaxies posted here and I’m getting sick of looking at clouds so here we are…
180x 60sec subs over 2nights
ASI2600mc
Guiding with guide scope & asi290mm
No filter
C14 Hyperstar f1.9
Eq8 pro
ASIAIR pro
APP
Thanks for looking