M42, Horse Head and Flame Nebula from same night Jan 5, 2026; Bortle 8 backyard.
Explore scientific Comet Hunter at 732mm, ZWO294MCP, SvBony LP filter, ZWO ASiair, SvBony 240mm guide scope, ZWO120MM Mini guide cam. Celestron AVX. Stacked and processed in Pixinsight. Did an HDR for M42 with 10", 30" 60" and 120" esposures; other nebula were all 120" exposures.
STF. DBE. Rotation. BXT. BN. CC. NXT. SXT. Seti Astro Statistical Stretch. Archsinestretch to Nebula. GAME masks. Bill Blanshan's Normalization to Flame Nebula. CS. HT. LHT. Dark Structure Enhance. Final touch of NXT. Seti Astro star stretch. Pixelmath add stars back.
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