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humansuperball on February 21, 2026 5:36 pm Thor’s Helmet was one of the main deep space objects that drove me to start astrophotography. While there’s a lot more nebulosity you can reveal with more time, it’s bright enough to get a rewarding result with just a couple hours. Gear * Askar 130PHQ * OGMA AP26CC * Optolong L-Ultimate * SkyWatcher 150i Imaging * NINA, camera at -10C, 180 second exposures * Bortle 8 skies * 3.5 hours Ha+O3 Processing * Siril narrowband stacking, AutoBGE, VeraLux Denoise, VeraLux Revela, statistical stretch, StarNet removal, GHS, NB2RGB stars * Gimp layer mixing, color, and curves
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Thor’s Helmet was one of the main deep space objects that drove me to start astrophotography. While there’s a lot more nebulosity you can reveal with more time, it’s bright enough to get a rewarding result with just a couple hours.
Gear
* Askar 130PHQ
* OGMA AP26CC
* Optolong L-Ultimate
* SkyWatcher 150i
Imaging
* NINA, camera at -10C, 180 second exposures
* Bortle 8 skies
* 3.5 hours Ha+O3
Processing
* Siril narrowband stacking, AutoBGE, VeraLux Denoise, VeraLux Revela, statistical stretch, StarNet removal, GHS, NB2RGB stars
* Gimp layer mixing, color, and curves
Well holy crap this one’s awesome