NGC2371_V1
NGC 2371
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Image:
 
• Target: NGC 2371 | Planetary Nebula in Gemini
• Apparent Magnitude: +13
• Size: 55″
• Light frames: 18 x 300” @ ISO1600 ( 90 Minutes)
• Dark frames: 16 x 300” @ ISO1600
• Flat frames: 32 x Av Mode @ ISO 1600
• Bias frames: 32 x 1/8000” @ ISO1600
• Guided with Orion SSAG using PHD2
 
Environmental:
 
• Date: 6 January 2016
• Location: YMCA, Yelagiri , Tamil Nadu
 
Main Equipment:
 
• Telescope: Sky-Watcher 8″ f/5 Newtonian Reflector
• Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6
• Camera: Canon 5D Mark II [ Unmodified ]
 
Accessories:
 
• Coma corrector: Sky-Watcher 0.9x Coma Corrector
• Power-Supply: 150AH Inverter Battery with Inverter
 
Integration and Processing:
 
• Processed in PixInsight 1.8
• Batch Preprocessing Script with Cosmetic Correction
• Dynamic Crop
• DBE
• Background Neutralisation
• Colour Calibration
• Histogram Transformation
• ACDNR
• Saturation Curves
• LHE
• SCNR
• Final Crop in PS

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