Sh2-204 the Brontosaurus Nebula (Gary Seven)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam) · Contains: B6 · HD23594 · HD23603 · HD237185 · HD237188 · HD237190 · HD237191 · HD237193 · HD237196 · HD237198 · HD237201 · HD237202 · HD237204 · HD24141 · HD24298 · HD24350 · HD24395 · HD24410 · HD24430 · HD24717 · HD24758 · HD24808 · HD24853 · LBN 689 · Sh2-204

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Sh2-204 the Brontosaurus Nebula

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Sh2-204 the Brontosaurus Nebula

I almost forgot this data last December. There was not much, only two nights worth. I considered waiting for next year to add to it, then realized it was shot with a scope that was recently sold. This more or less forced my hand, I ran with what I had. My third effort in PixInsight, a RGBHa combination:

Red: 120 seconds x 41
Green: 120 seconds x 40
Blue: 120 seconds x 39
H-a: 300 seconds x 72

Total integration time 10 hours

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Description: The next day looking at this I was not happy with the blue cast and the coral tints in the nebula. Used HistogramTransformation to better align the color channels. Also deepened the reds in the nebula. Lastly, the star field was so pretty that I did a larger 16:9 crop, not bothering with rotation.

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Title: Sh2-204 Brontosaurus Nebula PixInsight Reprocessed

Description: Last December this was one of those "fill in" targets just to keep the scope running and utilize the full nights darkness. It actually turned out to be a nice target that looks somewhat like its namesake.

Reprocessed in PixInsight, I blended H-a into the Red channel 90:10 and then used H-a as a separate Luminance layer.

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Status	Advanced success
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PixInsight job	09A9VCPFXBBXVA4DKFBJQ2GA6NJGCI09
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	03h55m43s.36
RA (top/left)	03h53m06s.46
RA (top/right)	03h47m08s.45
RA (bottom/right)	03h58m09s.60
RA (bottom/left)	04h04m42s.67

Dec (center)	+57°26′00″.2
Dec (top/left)	+58°51′14″.10
Dec (top/right)	+56°33′16″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	+56°00′33″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+58°16′25″.4

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