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Southern Beehive Starfield, Franco Grimoldi
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Southern Beehive Starfield

Revision title: PixInsight re-processing

Southern Beehive Starfield, Franco Grimoldi
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Southern Beehive Starfield

Revision title: PixInsight re-processing

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Description

Unplanned imaging session under a rising almost full moon night.

I'm vacationing in a remote cabin near the Lolog lake, ~10 miles away from San Martín de Los Andes, Argentina. Beautiful Bortle 3 skies, but the moon was full yesterday and the weather forecast wasn't very promising. I got back around 10pm, just to find out that the sky was pretty clear and dark and I had about an hour before moon rise. I quickly set up the Star Adventurer and pointed the Rokinon 135mm away from the rising moon. NGC 2516, the "Southern Beehive", looked as a good target and I ended up getting 75 minutes worth of subs.

This is my first time imaging from a dark site and being able to stay comfy indoors, waiting for the astrophoto gear to do its thing. I love it and need to do it more often, ideally away from the full moon. It's so hard to have all ducks in a row...

. Sony a6100 @ ISO 3200
. Rokinon 135mm f/2 wide open
. 20x darks, bias, flats, dark flats
. Bortle 3 sky with a rising almost full moon behind the Andes

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Title: PixInsight re-processing

Description: Complete re-processing of the raw data using PixInsight and RC-Astro's plugins.

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Southern Beehive Starfield, Franco Grimoldi

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