Iris Nebula / Color / WIP
Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:08 pm
The Iris Nebula / NGC 7023 / The Netherlands in Bortle 8
A work in progress, busy with gathering more data. But over here just patches of clear skies: one hour and then clouds, each night
But enough data now to share this. And my first reflective nebula.
Also now doing 180 seconds exposures at 2030 FL without guiding. That mount really rocks!
Meade LX65 8" f/10 ACF OTA
Ioptron CEM25EC mount (no guiding)
Baader Neodymium Skyglow filter
Zwo ASI294MC Pro camera
Captured with SharpCap @ -10 degrees Celcius / Offset 30 / White balance 50/50
40 x 120 sec / Gain 121
24 x 180 sec / Gain 121
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker with blacks + flats + dark flats
Processed in PS: Levels, Curves, Shadows/Highlights, noise reduction, cropped, scaled down
A work in progress, busy with gathering more data. But over here just patches of clear skies: one hour and then clouds, each night
But enough data now to share this. And my first reflective nebula.
Also now doing 180 seconds exposures at 2030 FL without guiding. That mount really rocks!
Meade LX65 8" f/10 ACF OTA
Ioptron CEM25EC mount (no guiding)
Baader Neodymium Skyglow filter
Zwo ASI294MC Pro camera
Captured with SharpCap @ -10 degrees Celcius / Offset 30 / White balance 50/50
40 x 120 sec / Gain 121
24 x 180 sec / Gain 121
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker with blacks + flats + dark flats
Processed in PS: Levels, Curves, Shadows/Highlights, noise reduction, cropped, scaled down