NGC6960

[Gary Mansperger]

This is my first try at NGC6960 (Witch's Broom). 

Exposures (600 sec):camera gain 100; total 22.8 hours

H 68 

O 69

Stars Exposures (60 sec); camera gain=0; total 3 hours

R 90

G 90

B 90

Camera ASI2600 MM Pro

Telescpe RC6 with 0.7 astro physics focal length reducer (936 mm, f6.6)

Mount: i150 Wave

ZWO EAF, CAA, EFW, filters

Location: Little Lick Observatory, my home on Mt Hamilton

https://mthamilton.us/observatory/

Both processed in PI using Autointegrate, Noise, Star, Blur X terminator

Subject image only kept starless image

Star image only kep star image

processed both in Luminar NEO for color saturation, structure, color harmony, AI sharpening.

returned the two images as Tif to PI and combined in pixel math.

Overall I like the final image but wish I had obtained more of the blue oxigen wisps

Larger image: https://www.astrobin.com/n9tbit/

This is my first post. If I have not done something correctly PLEASE let me know

[Stuart Heggie]

Gary, this is a very dramatic rendering - looks great!!

Stuart Heggie

https://www.stuartheggie.com/f783431253

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[Doug Loyer]

Great image!  That's lots of integration time.  

Best

-Doug

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[Gary Mansperger]

Thanks for the encouragement! About the integration time, I think I have pretty good equipment but for sure nothing compared to the stuff that the people who consistently produce amazing images. And my processing skills are at best a work in progress. But I do have time and having my rig in a 8x8 shed (with rolling roof) I can capture images easy and just have to be patient. I have everything programmed and every night the computers try to execute it. Some nights I get a lot of good data, some nights not so much.  The results are that sometimes I get images I like and with the long integration time generally I start with good data to work with.