moyers_astro
Flying Bat and Squid
Target: Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae, Sh2-129 and Ou4, Cepheus.
Location:8,15 and 16 Aug 2023, Aberdaron, Wales, Bortle 2, 45% Moon on 8th, no Moon on 15th and 16th.
Acquisition:66x 540s L-eXtreme calibrated with Bias, Darks, Dark-Flats and Flats. Total integration 9.9 hours.
Equipment:Altair 60EDF, 1x Flat 60. Optolong L-eXtreme. ZWO ASI2600MC-Pro, EAF, AM5.
Guiding:Altair MG32mini. ZWO ASI120MM-mini.
Software:NINA, PHD2 on Mele Quieter 3.
Processing:Affinity Photo2 with NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator and HLVG plug ins, GraXpert, Siril and AstroSharp.
Comments:I had sunk 19 hours into this target from my home Bortle 7 sky but the Squid was being swamped by the light pollution so I abandoned the project and started again with the same gear from the Welsh Bortle 2 skies getting this result in under 10 hours.
Flying Bat and Squid
Target: Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae, Sh2-129 and Ou4, Cepheus.
Location:8,15 and 16 Aug 2023, Aberdaron, Wales, Bortle 2, 45% Moon on 8th, no Moon on 15th and 16th.
Acquisition:66x 540s L-eXtreme calibrated with Bias, Darks, Dark-Flats and Flats. Total integration 9.9 hours.
Equipment:Altair 60EDF, 1x Flat 60. Optolong L-eXtreme. ZWO ASI2600MC-Pro, EAF, AM5.
Guiding:Altair MG32mini. ZWO ASI120MM-mini.
Software:NINA, PHD2 on Mele Quieter 3.
Processing:Affinity Photo2 with NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator and HLVG plug ins, GraXpert, Siril and AstroSharp.
Comments:I had sunk 19 hours into this target from my home Bortle 7 sky but the Squid was being swamped by the light pollution so I abandoned the project and started again with the same gear from the Welsh Bortle 2 skies getting this result in under 10 hours.