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 The Cave Nebula (SH2-155) Ten hours of integration time PixInsight Processing of SHO images Standard process, but use dynamic background extraction instead of automatic channel extraction to work on RGB components with Histogram transformation and NoiseXterminator.  SCNR 0.78.  Luminance mask to darken background.  Blurred color masks, use green to get goldish yellow nebula color and refinements using red and yellow masks, and brighten the blue background, apply NoiseXterminator again and DarkStructureEnhance
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 The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) 5 hours integration in SHO Full view including Lobster Claw A single 5 minute H-Alpha frame from the mono camera
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  Galaxies The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31 and Messier 32) 2 hours using Redcat 51, modified canon 750d and l-enhance filter, 1 minute subs Captured 10/29/22 from the backyard and reprocessed in PixInsight The original image processed in 2022 using Siril and Gimp
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Solar System Objects Jupiter 11/22 Saturn 11/22 Mars 11/22 Planetary Capture Rig Celestron Omni AZ 102 (660mm focal length, f/6.5) asi678mc camera, asiair, uv/ir cut filter, neewer extender, skywatcher alt az gti mount Comet Neowise 7/18/2020 Surface of the moon Shooting Star (Meteor)
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 The Eagle Nebula (Messier 16) in the constellation Serpens Home of the Pillars of Creation Captured 10/25/22 Using a Zenithstar 61 telescope, asi183mc pro camera, l-extreme filter About 2 hours of capture using 63 120 second subs This was shot in the front yard with the telescope pointed towards the nebula with a bright lampost close by.  So surprised I could still get pretty good results.
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 The Heart Nebula (IC 1805) In the constellation Cassiopeia 12 hours total integration time Version with some work on colors Starless Version 4.5 hours using a Canon 750 DSLR, zenithstar 61 and l-extreme filter More PixInsight Color Processing OSC data combined with H-Alpha from mono camera using different telescopes Zooming in on the heart of the Heart Nebula