20210823 - Cloudy Nights = Education time 🤩 … learning new tricks while processing ‘old’ datA
What was the experience
Earlier this year, I had taken an image of NGC 6888 (The Crescent Nebula), and subsequently one of the SADR region (containing a part of IC 1318, the Butterfly Nebula). Both to learn the processing skills, while still only having a small scope/guider. Thinking ahead, I had made sure that there would be a slight edge overlapping both images 😉, intending to make a little 2-panel mosaic from this (when I would get around to learn this 😎). Although the data on both images was different in quality, I did manage to merge them together nicely, nearly seamlessly 🧐, giving a wider look on the SADR region 🤩
What’s in the picture(s)
SADR Region (CYG)
NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula
IC 1318 Butterfly Nebula
M29 Open Cluster
How it was done
Scope: WO RedCat 51
Mount: iOptron SkyGuider Pro (RA guiding only)
Camera: ASI183MC PRO
Filter: Optolong L-Enhance
Guiding: ASIAIR Pro, ZWO30F4, ASI120MM
Resolution: 1,98”/pixel, FoV 218’
Moon: —%(+), Bortle 5/6 SQM 19.60
Photons: Gain 125, cooling -10, 300s
NGC6888 - 20210606 (60x)
SADR (CYG) - 20210716 (20x)
Processing: PixInsight (Mac)
Astrobin:
What have I learned from this
Plan ahead, to allow that one plus one equals more than their sum … I’ve learned from both images separately, but I’m learning a lot more from them combined 👍🤩
Clear Skies everybody! 🤩✨🔭
IG
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