I had the nice opportunity to get out a few nights ago (Jan 14-15) and really had a good time.
A significant moon prevented broadband imaging, so I found a cool looking target that I had never imaged before, the Jellyfish Nebula.
I saw in N.I.N.A. Framing that there was more nebulosity nearby and tried to frame it accordingly.
A little bit more than 11 hours of total integration over two partial evenings (goes into the trees).
Sharpstar 61 EDPHII w/0.8FR/
169 lights at 240 seconds with the L-eNhance filter
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I know, LOTS of red. Just about the entire field is full of
If you are not a fan of reds, this image will not appeal to you at all!
The
Captured with N.I.N.A. and processing by Pixinsight and Photoshop CC.
I did rotate the image post processing 90° CW to re-orientate the Jellyfish to my liking.
I must note that I had horrible star halos from both stars Mu Geminorum and Propus that I am sure were from the L-eNhance filter.
Big, giant, and ugly halos!
I followed Steve’s @STEVE333 nicely outlined instructions in the thread viewtopic.php?t=27631 and this method that he shared made a world of difference! If you are curious what the before and after look like, I posted images on Steve’s thread.
From obnoxious halos to a much more tamed palatable image. Thanks Steve!
Thanks for looking and comments are very welcome!