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Reprocessed and cropped for a different perspective.
Pickerings Triangle Bi-Colour Crop.jpg
Imaged over 5 nights, near Cambridge UK.
9th, 10th, 18th, 19th and 20th October 2018,

Image Details:
Total Exposure 8 hours 40mins.
17 x 1200s Ha (5 hours 40mins)
9 x 1200s OIII (3 hours)

Scope - Altair Astro Wave Series 115mm Refractor, Planostar 0.79x reduced to 642mm/F5.54.
Sensor - Atik 383l+ Mono CCD + Baader Ha and OIII filters. -20degC.
Scale - 1.73 arcsec/pixel.

Mount - Altair Astro Pier mounted iOptron CEM60.
Guiding - Lodestar X2 and SX OAG with PHD2.
Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight, Starnet++.

Thanks for looking.
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What an excellent image.
You pulled out some fantastic detail in the filaments.
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That's really something, you must have great skys for such long exposures!
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Beautiful image and beautiful job Richard!

Thanks,
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That is absolutely gorgeous - great job of capturing and processing!

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Lovely image Richard. Has your soft touch written all over it. Love the pallet and the details.

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Very nicely done!. The filaments are particularly delicate.

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Amazing image! Great job, Richard!!
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Great detail and nice color mapping. Nice work Richard.
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