Barred Spiral Galaxy - M109

This is my first result from using Gain Zero with the 294mm. I live in Bortle 7/8 zone so I've been battling gradients using unity gain.

It might be the way to go but I need to do some changes in processing Unity Gain to be sure and get a one to one comparison.

 

RBG - ~1.5 hours each

L - 4 hours

 

Summary - I can obviously improve the detail by adding more luminance time which I will do. Maybe 10 total hours to see what it looks like.

 

 

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 294MM PRO Cool

Mount: Losmandy GM811G

Filters: Baader 36mm LRGB Filters

Software: ZWO ASIAIR PRO SOFTWARE

 

Dates:

Feb. 26, 2022 · Feb. 27, 2022

Frames:

Baader 36mm B: 57x90" (1h 25' 30") (gain: 0.00) -15C bin 2x2

Baader 36mm G: 57x90" (1h 25' 30") (gain: 0.00) -15C bin 2x2

Baader 36mm L: 464x30" (3h 52') (gain: 0.00) -15C bin 2x2

Baader 36mm R: 65x90" (1h 37' 30") (gain: 0.00) -15C bin 2x2

Integration: 8h 20' 30"

Darks: 30

Flats: 50

Flat darks: 30

Avg. Moon age: 25.47 days

Avg. Moon phase: 17.72%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 7.00

Temperature: 5.00

Done