Thr Pac-Man Nebula - Waka waka waka waka (35 hrs)

[depratnt]

Greetings!

Every time I see this Nebula I just hear the “waka waka” sound that Pac-Man makes

Anyway, for this project I gathered 35 hours of data; 30hrs Ha data and only 5hrs Oiii. The seeing here has been horrific, crippling some of the fine detail I wanted to grab. The moon is full as well so why not just start post processing!? I wanted 15 hrs of Oiii at least but I’m excited to move on to new targets I haven’t attempted yet.
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The central cluster is what is responsible for the ionization of these gases. This Nebula lies nearly 10,000 light years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.

Equipment:
At8rc at F/8 (.48”)
Cem60
Asi1600mm-c
Astrodon Ha/Oiii 3nm filters

Clear Skies!

[Micke187]

That is really Beautiful!
Great work!

[Voyageur]

Beautiful and inspiring. Thanks for posting it!

[Refractordude]

Image makes me wish I could get in a spaceship and go there.

[MariusD69]

Very impressive! Great work!! Thanks for sharing.

[BABOafrica]

I think after 35 hours I would be making that waka waka sound myself.

Gorgeous image.

BABO

[jthommes]

Excellent image Teagan. The O3 data doesn't look to starved - looks like the data worked well.

So this is a bicolor Ha / O3 right? What is your mapping to RGB channels?