The project started in Fall of 2024. I was going to process the data and post it back then, but I decided to wait to get more data the following year. Nearly 100 hours of data helped pull out the details in the fainter areas.
I processed a SHO and OSH of this object. OSH is in the revision as SHO is the main show piece.
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The project started in Fall of 2024. I was going to process the data and post it back then, but I decided to wait to get more data the following year. Nearly 100 hours of data helped pull out the details in the fainter areas.
I processed a SHO and OSH of this object. OSH is in the revision as SHO is the main show piece.
* Astrobin SHO: https://app.astrobin.com/i/jetpyt
* Astrobin OSH: https://app.astrobin.com/i/jetpyt?r=B
**Moon Phase, Light Pollution, and Date**
* Average Moon Phase: 42%
* Bortle 7
* 2024: Sep. 7, 8.
* 2024: Oct. 2, 5, 7-11.
* 2025: Sep. 7, 12, 15, 17, 18, 26-30.
* 2025: Oct. 2, 3, 4.
**Equipment**
* Telescope/Lens: **Takahashi FSQ-106 (530 mm at f/5)**
* Flattener/Reducer: N/A
* Auto Focuser: PrimaLuceLab – ESATTO 4″ Robotic Microfocuser
* Filter: **Chroma 50mm SHO 3nm Telescope Filter – Unmounted**
* Filter Wheel: ZWO EFW (7 x 50mm)
* Mount: **Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO**
* Camera: **ZWO ASI6200mm Pro**
* Guider Camera: ZWO ASI120MM-MINI
* Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Guiding Scope (Color: Blue)
* Dew Heater Controller: Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro (Clean up Cables)
* Dew Heater: Dew Not 4″ Dew Heater Strip – DN005 (Main scope)
* Dew Heater: Dew Not 2″ Dew Heater Strip – DN003 (Guidescope)
* Polar Alignment: QHYCCD Polemaster (Precise polar alignment)
* Intel NUC (For imaging, dither, auto guiding, plate solve)
**Software**
* PHD2 (For Auto Guiding)
* QHYCCD PoleMaster Software (Polar Alignment)
* Nighttime Imaging ‘N’ Astronomy (NINA) (Automation with Dithering, plate solving, mount control)
* Astro-Physics ASCOM V2 (AP Mach 1 GTO Control)
* Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox (Control the Powerbox Micro)
* Photoshop (Processing)
* PixInsight (Calibration & Processing)
**Acquisition**
* Total Exposure: **98 Hours**
* Chroma SII – 360 x 300s (30 hrs)
* Chroma HA – 360 x 300s (30 hrs)
* Chroma OIII – 456 x 300s (39 hrs)
* Temperature: -10°C to -5°C
* Flats: 20 per Filter
* Darks: N/A
* Bias: 200
* Gain: 100
* Offset: 50
* Bin: 1×1
* Pixel Scale: 1.47″/pixel
**Processing in Photoshop and PixInsight**
PixInsight
* Subframe Selector
* Image Calibration
* Star Alignment
* Blink
* Image Integration
* RC-Astro BlurXTerminator
Photoshop
* RC-Astro StarXTerminator
* RC-Astro NoiseXTerminator
* Adjusted levels
* Adjusted Curves
* Selective Curves Adjustment
* Layer set as “Linear Dodge (Add)” to add back the stars
* Star Color Correction
* Blacks Correction
* Vibrance Applied
* Clarity Applied
* Dehaze Applied
* Sharpening Applied
* Crop out edge artifacts