East veil nebula

[Kevin Phillips]

Good day all. 

Had a crack at the Witch's head nebula. It was very warm last night.  My camera struggle to get to -10, so I had to leave it at -5. 

I manage to stack 49 subs. I think I lost about 8 frames due to satellite trails mainly. 

There was much thermal noise with red and blue pixel in the image which I manage to remove pretty much. 

Polar error was 0.02. And it was guiding between 0.55 and 0.70 with average of 0.65.

Sky was pretty clear, I could easily see the Milkyway spanning from the north east two the south.  So my Bortle sky was around 4.  My next task is the West veil nebula,  witches broom stick.

Hope you like it. 

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[drja...@aol.com]

Hi Kevin

That's a fantastic image, with so much sharp clear detail.  Well done

James

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[Tim Coskun]

Hi Kevin

Another excellent image. Everything sharp and very good colour for both nebula and stars.

Tim C

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[Kevin Phillips]

Thank you James

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[Kevin Phillips]

Thank you Tim and James

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[Paul Barretta]

An excellent image Kevin. 

Can I ask what post processing apps do you use?

Kind regards

Paul Barretta

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[Kevin Phillips]

Thank you.

I use startools  its one-off payment. It's simple to use and you can produce  really good images

 

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[Kevin Phillips]

Good day all.

My efforts the East veil nebula.

46 lights.

Equipment 714mm refractor.  Zwo2600cp-u a and L-Enhance filter. 

Guided.  Processed in astro wizard and photpshop.

This is my 2nd  attempt of a reprocess.

It was pretty clear night,  guiding was 0.40 to 0.70

Regards Kevin