Acquired in fall, 2024
on three different nights under Bortle 2-3 skies
Night 1: Wonder Valley, California
Nights 2 and 3: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Total 8 hours of integration.
Each sub was 160 sec using
Telescope: Redcat 51
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Mount: i-Optron Skyguider Pro
Guidescope: ZWO 30mm F4
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini
Acquisition Software: Astro Photography Tool and PHD2
Processed with PixInsight.
Calibrated and stacked with WBPP
Ran DBE, SPCC, BXT, SXT.
Then, histogram stretch on the starless image followed by Unsharp mask, NXT,
star recombination and a final GHS and a tiny bit of NXT
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Great overall image! ✨ Best Pleaides I’ve seen in quite a while 😅
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Acquired in fall, 2024
on three different nights under Bortle 2-3 skies
Night 1: Wonder Valley, California
Nights 2 and 3: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Total 8 hours of integration.
Each sub was 160 sec using
Telescope: Redcat 51
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Mount: i-Optron Skyguider Pro
Guidescope: ZWO 30mm F4
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI174MM Mini
Acquisition Software: Astro Photography Tool and PHD2
Processed with PixInsight.
Calibrated and stacked with WBPP
Ran DBE, SPCC, BXT, SXT.
Then, histogram stretch on the starless image followed by Unsharp mask, NXT,
star recombination and a final GHS and a tiny bit of NXT
Great overall image! ✨ Best Pleaides I’ve seen in quite a while 😅