The center seems easy to capture, it’s bright. But couldn't find the right balance. So made 2 series to blend.
Next challenge is to capture the outer layer (if that is possible with my set up) and blend that with this.
This center was bright enough to use a low Gain of 59. First time that I could get that low
But still brightness was low, so also shot with longer exposure and higher Gain and combined it.Equipment:
Ioptron CEM25EC mount, no guiding
Meade LX65 8” f/10 ACF OTA
Optec Lepus Standard 0.62x reducer
Baader Neodymium filter
Zwo ASI385MC camera
Capture with SharpCap:
27 x 30 seconds, gain 59 (of 600), 100 flats, 10 darks.
11 x 60 seconds, gain 150, 100 flats, 6 darks
DeepSkyStacker: stacked the 2 series.
Processed in PS: blended the 2 stacks, enlargement and crop, Curves and Levels, bit of color saturation, Unsharp Mask
