Seagull Nebula
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Image:
• Target: IC 2177 | Region of Nebulosity in Monoceros
• Light frames: 17 x 300” @ ISO3200 ( 85 Minutes)
• Dark frames: 10 x 300” @ ISO3200
• Flat frames: 20 x Av Mode @ ISO 1600
• Bias frames: 15 x 1/8000” @ ISO3200
• Guided with Orion SSAG using PHD2
Environmental:
• Location: Yelagiri,Tamil Nadu
• Sky Conditions: Good but a bit Hazy
Main Equipment:
• Telescope: Sky-Watcher 8″ f/5 Newtonian Reflector
• Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6
• Camera: CentralDS Cooled 5D Mark II Full Spectrum Modified
• Filter: IDAS LPS 2″
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 and Black Point setting in PS
