Hi Guys
Part one in a mega data project. Im sick of processing artifacts, so the only way to avoid that is........better (more) data
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When the moon goes away, it will proceed (moon doesnt bother Ha, but RGB suffers).
This image is a total of 11hours, 33 off 20min exposures on an LX200R OTA at 3050mm FL f10, wobbly G11 and ST10XME, taken in Sydney with a very nearby full moon.
Minimal processing. Some deconvolute and a bit of sharpenig.
The narrow 3nm Ha filter rendered nice small stars, and on referencing a few top RC (albiet lower exposure time) efforts in Lum, I recon the LX200R cuts it.
Mega data sure helps in reducing noise, its the cheap scopes secret weapon to achieving image nirvana
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