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A Start on NGC281 - THe Pacman Nebula

 
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Oct 14, 2022 15:21 |  #1

I've decided to start my first 40-hour project. The plan is to capture 12 hours each of Ha, OIII, & SII and then 4 hours of RGB with my 2600MC for the star colors. I'm not sure how long this project will take to complete but hopefully, I can finish it this season. Last night I managed to capture 7hrs and 20mins of Ha data from my backyard via 44x10min (600sec) subs.

Explore Scientific ED152 CF APO telescope, TS/Optics 1.0x Flattener, ZWO ASI2600MM camera, Chroma 3nm Ha filter, iOptron CEM70EC mount, ZWO ASI290mm/OAG guide camera.
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WBPP - Integrated the 44 subs with 25 Flats and a 600sec Master Dark and 3sec Master Dark to match the Flats.
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Scopes: Explore Scientific ED152CF & ED127mm, StellarVue SV70T, Classic Orange-Tube C-8, Lunt 80mm Ha single-stack solar scope.
Mounts: iOptron CEM70EC Mount, iOptron ZEQ25 Mount.
Cameras: ZWO ASI2600mm Pro, ZWO 2600MC Pro, ZWO 1600mm
Filters: Chroma 36mm LRGB & 3nm Ha, OIII, SII, L-Pro, L-eXtreme

  
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Oct 18, 2022 13:44 |  #2

Night two out under semi-dark skies. I had about four hours of darkness before the moon rose so I managed to collect 4 hours of RGB data on this project with the OSC 2600MC Pro.
This is 80x180 seconds of subs to create this true color image. The final image will probably only contain the stars from this image.

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After the moon came up, I decided to capture as mush SII data as I could before morning dawn. This is 20x 600sec of 3nm SII subs with the monochrome 2600MM. 3hrs20mins.
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It's crazy how much detail there is in the SII data and I really love this starless version of it.
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Still many hours of data to go...

Greg M.~
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED152CF & ED127mm, StellarVue SV70T, Classic Orange-Tube C-8, Lunt 80mm Ha single-stack solar scope.
Mounts: iOptron CEM70EC Mount, iOptron ZEQ25 Mount.
Cameras: ZWO ASI2600mm Pro, ZWO 2600MC Pro, ZWO 1600mm
Filters: Chroma 36mm LRGB & 3nm Ha, OIII, SII, L-Pro, L-eXtreme

  
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