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DutchPhotographist on March 23, 2026 4:31 pm Captured with my WO Zenithstar 61 in combination with a QHY 600M camera and filterwheel all mounted on a iOptron CEM70EC-NUC 20 x 60 sec seperate R, G and B 19 x 600 sec H-alpha Processed in Pixinsight LRGB combination DBE StarXterminator for star image SPCC on star image Same DBE on H-alpha image StarXterminal for starless Ha Starless –> Histogram stretch, curves Combined stars + starless Ha –> Multiscale Adaptive Stretch DarkStructureEnhance NoiseXTerminator Saturation More details on my astrobin: https://app.astrobin.com/u/roy_veurink?i=7r26am And my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWO5omECoQl/
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Captured with my WO Zenithstar 61 in combination with a QHY 600M camera and filterwheel all mounted on a iOptron CEM70EC-NUC
20 x 60 sec seperate R, G and B
19 x 600 sec H-alpha
Processed in Pixinsight
LRGB combination
DBE
StarXterminator for star image
SPCC on star image
Same DBE on H-alpha image
StarXterminal for starless Ha
Starless –> Histogram stretch, curves
Combined stars + starless Ha –> Multiscale Adaptive Stretch
DarkStructureEnhance
NoiseXTerminator
Saturation
More details on my astrobin: https://app.astrobin.com/u/roy_veurink?i=7r26am
And my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWO5omECoQl/