NGC 2371, Planetary Nebula in Gemini

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