Cygnus tail area

Shotdate: 26th november 2010

Location: De Cockdorp, Texel, NL

Camera: Nikon D3x

Optics: 80-400mm @ 80mm f7.1

 

DeepSkyStacker settings:

21 frames 300 second exposure (ISO: 800) - total exposure: 1 hr 45 mn 8 s

RGB Channels Background Calibration: No

Per Channel Background Calibration: Yes

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

Offset: 120 frames (ISO: 800) exposure: 1/8000 s

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

Dark: 20 frames (ISO : 800) exposure: 5 mn 2 s

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

Flat: 42 frames (ISO: 800) exposure: 1/13 s

Method: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Iterations = 5)

 

Stacking in DeepskyStacker 3.3.2

 

Postprocessing in PixInsight 1.6

Processes used: DBE, ColorCal, HistoStretch, HDR, ACDNR, HistoStretch, Masked Curves, HistoStretch.

 

For the Photoshop version: www.flickr.com/photos/14721988@N02/5220648648/

Done