A combined effort from two knights work. I was hoping to have a lot more but flexure is getting the best of me atm.
1hr 30min over the two nights of 20 & 25 Feb
Meade 8" @f/10, SCVF-H9, Ha. 9/600sec
More data makes a big difference. My
previous effort of 50 min.
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I have found this a very challenging image to process. It has such a wide range of contrast, even within the major globule itself, that getting detail without accentuating noise and then reducing noise without losing hard won detail quite a learning experience in curve manipulation.