Crescent Nebula Neighborhood update
When I look at this patch of sky over my house, there's nothing there but the grayish suburban night sky background. It still amazes me that all these stars and nebulae are hiding in plain sight. This is very similar to an image I did a year ago but I've employed a new technique or shortcut at nearly every stage of capture and processing, getting a similar or slightly better result with less effort.
Tech Stuff: Borg 55FL astrograph/ZWO ASI 1600MC/IDAS LPS-D2/iOptron CubePro. 70 minutes of 4 second exposures captured in 6 minute Livestacks with SharpCap including fake flat subtraction (fake flat = PI ABE background). Processed in PixInsight and ACDSee. Imaged from my yard 10 miles north of New York City
Crescent Nebula Neighborhood update
When I look at this patch of sky over my house, there's nothing there but the grayish suburban night sky background. It still amazes me that all these stars and nebulae are hiding in plain sight. This is very similar to an image I did a year ago but I've employed a new technique or shortcut at nearly every stage of capture and processing, getting a similar or slightly better result with less effort.
Tech Stuff: Borg 55FL astrograph/ZWO ASI 1600MC/IDAS LPS-D2/iOptron CubePro. 70 minutes of 4 second exposures captured in 6 minute Livestacks with SharpCap including fake flat subtraction (fake flat = PI ABE background). Processed in PixInsight and ACDSee. Imaged from my yard 10 miles north of New York City