Cassiopeia to Andromeda region

Shotdate: October 5th 2007

Camera: Nikon D50

Optics: Nikkor 60mm Micro @f6.3

Mount: Double-Scotch barndoor (selfmade)

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Star-count by DeepSkyStacker is nearly 20.000 stars!

 

DeepSkyStacker settings:

 

Lights: 16 frames (ISO: 1600) - Exposure: 48 mn 37 s

 

Methode: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Itteration = 5)

 

Bias: 20 frames (ISO: 1600) exposure: 1/4000 s

Methode: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Itteration = 5)

 

Darks: 21 frames (ISO: 1600) exposure: 3 mn 3 s

Methode: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Itteration = 5)

 

Flats: 9 frames (ISO: 1600) exposure: 1/20 s

Methode: Kappa-Sigma (Kappa = 2.00, Itteration = 5)

 

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Processing PixInsight 1.7

 

DynamicCrop: Processing view: Autosave

 

DynamicBackgroundExtraction: Processing view: Autosave

 

MaskedStretch: 25 iterations

 

HistogramTransformation: Processing view: Autosave_DBE

 

ChannelExtraction: Processing view: Autosave_DBE

HistogramTransformation: Processing view: Autosave_DBE_L

 

CurvesTransformation: Processing view: Autosave_DBE

Autosave_DBE_L: Masking from swap files...

Done