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North American & Pelican Nebula Better stars make better images.... here is a reprocess of last year's data plus an additional 30 min taken this year. The 30 min didn't add much, but better processing tequniques did. Learning how to effectively use star removal for processing has been a nemesis of mine, until now . 1 - With stars 2 - starless (this time my fav!) . 45 x 240s (6-5-2021) 7 x 300s (6-6-2021) 20 x 360s (9-11-2021) 6 x 300s (6-21-2022) 800 ISO - Bortle 8 . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-eNhanced Filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) . @optcorp @canonusa @radiantelescopes @optolongfilter @provjournal . #astronomy #astrophotography  #OPTeam #myOPTgear  #highpointscientific #agenaastro  #earliestlight #astromaniacmag  #ngc7000 #northamericannebula  #pelicannebula #optolongfilter #cygnus #space #cosmos #milkyway  #Nebula #stars #canonphotography  #radiantelescopes #ig_spaceimage  #ig_astrophotography #rhodeisland  #nature #beauty #red #telescope  #optolonglenhance #hpscollections  #nightsky (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf1JejWOr1I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

North American & Pelican Nebula - Wanted to go back and attempt some new palette options since I am using a duo-band filter with the L-eNhanced. I extracted Ha & Oiii channels in Astro Pixel Processor, and then used the Extract Ha-Oiii Mono option to give a luminance, or in this case, simulate a substitute for a Sii channel. I used the HOss blending method - assigning the Ha and Oiii extractions to the Red Channel, then the Ha-Oiii extraction to both the Green and Blue channels. This was all done in APP. I then processed the image in Photoshop. I like this palette option as it feels a bit more muted but can still be vibrant, while showing off a little more detail. . 45 x 240s (6-5-2021) 7 x 300s (6-6-2021) 20 x 360s (9-11-2021) 6 x 300s (6-21-2022) 800 ISO - Bortle 8 . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-eNhanced Filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) . @optcorp @canonusa @radiantelescopes @optolongfilter @provjournal . #astronomy #astrophotography  #OPTeam #myOPTgear  #highpointscientific #agenaastro  #earliestlight #astromaniacmag  #ngc7000 #northamericannebula  #pelicannebula #optolongfilter #cygnus #space #cosmos #milkyway  #Nebula #stars #canonphotography  #radiantelescopes #ig_spaceimage  #ig_astrophotography #rhodeisland  #nature #beauty #HOss #telescope  #optolonglenhance #optolongfilter #nightsky (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgEaZLiufOi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy If you follow me, you know my frustration with my M31 processing from early September. Thanks to @iceman_astro and some folks on Twitter, I was able to go back and reprocess my 6 hours of Andromeda data from scratch and fix the background for the most part. Using new flats and some new techniques in Siril, the neutralization of the background became a lot easier. Though not perfect, it enabled me to have a much wider field of view, which is one of the main things I love about @radiantelescopes Raptor 61 . Image 1 - with stars Image 2 - "starless" Image 3 - inverted (cause why not) . 191 x 60s - 800 ISO (9/2/21) 91 x 120s - 400 ISO (9/3/21) Dark, flat, dark flat, and bias frames . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-Pro filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) . @optcorp @radiantelescopes @canonusa . . . #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophoto #OPTeam #myOPTgear #radiantelescopes #m31 #andromeda #Galaxy #andromedagalaxy #milkyway #cosmos #space #stars #nightsky #photography #apod #nasa #highpointscientific #agenaastro #earliestlight #astromaniacmag #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #spaceimage #rhodeisland #photooftheday #nature #beauty #science (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CViFjYcrvay/?utm_medium=tumblr

North American & Pelican Nebula I decided to go back and reprocess what I consider some of the best data I have, which is this data from over the Summer. I feel like every month I learn something new in my processing workflow and here, simply by stretching with levels vs curves in Photoshop, I was able to bring out more the the nebulosity and keep the brighter stars more muted. This target, located in a very bright portion of the constellation Cygnus, is one of my favorite to shoot. This data wastaken over three nights in Providence, RI (bortle 8). . 1 - with stars 2 - starless (this time my fav!) . 45 x 240s (6-5-2021) 7 x 300s (6-6-2021) 20 x 360s (9-11-2021) 800 ISO - Bortle 8 . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-eNhanced Filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) . @optcorp @canonusa @radiantelescopes @optolongfilter @provjournal . #astronomy #astrophotography #OPTeam #myOPTgear #highpointscientific #agenaastro #earliestlight #astromaniacmag #ngc7000 #ic5070 #northamericannebula #pelicannebula #cygnus #space #cosmos #milkyway #Nebula #stars #canonphotography #radiantelescopes #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #rhodeisland #nature #beauty #red #telescope #eos #hpscollections #nightsky (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW8MAr0rLXh/?utm_medium=tumblr