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NGC 281 the Pac Man nebula
October 29 and 31, 2011
Ocala, FL
Combination of 60 sec, 120 sec and 180 sec. exposure stacked in DSS for a total of 4 hour 7 min
PS CS5
Orion 80mm EON
Orion 50mm guide scope with SSAG
Canon T1i (modified)
Losmandy G11 with Gemini II
IDAS LP filter

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Comment by Conor on November 4, 2011 at 2:58pm
Ah that is seriously nice dude. I love the colour. The FOV is really awesome too. Gives the nebula perspective.

So far as the stars are concerned, I think the Ha is going to give you a weaker signal so stars will be less bloated than with straight RGB. If I catch you online later, I might have an idea. Too complicated to spam here with.
Comment by Steve Coates on November 4, 2011 at 1:47pm
Thanks. I've collected about 2 1/2 hours of Ha on this to. I used the Starizona method but found the stars were bright in the middle (from the Ha) and lighter on the outside (from RGB). I'm sure I'm not doing something right. Anyway I'm glad how this turned out and I'll keep plugging away with processing the HaRGB version and will post if I come up with anything.
Comment by Marc Basti on November 4, 2011 at 1:34pm
Nice, all fits together well. Good work on that faint side, not easy. Marc

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