Imaging Session of Oct 20-21, 2023

Horse Head Nebula on Oct 21, 2023. 29×180 sec, QHY294c at -20C, Gain 1600, Offset 50, UHC-S, AT60ED at F/4.8.
Quickie Orion Nebula area. 8×180 sec, QHY294c at -20C, Gain 1600, Offset 50, UHC-S, AT60ED at F/4.8.
M31 on Oct 20, 2023. 45×180 sec, QHY294c at -20C, Gain 1600, Offset 50, UHC-S, AT60ED at F/4.8.
Frame 1.  Veil Nebula Complex on Oct 20, 2023. 58×180 sec, QHY294c at -20C, Gain 1600, Offset 50, UHC-S, AT60ED at F/4.8.
Frame 2.  Starless Version – Veil Nebula Complex on Oct 20, 2023. 58×180 sec, QHY294c at -20C, Gain 1600, Offset 50, UHC-S, AT60ED at F/4.8. Starnet++
Frame 3. Starless Plus Enhanced Version – Veil Nebula Complex on Oct 20, 2023. 60×180 sec, QHY294c at -20C, Gain 1600, Offset 50, UHC-S, AT60ED at F/4.8.

I had a new astro computer I built from scrap to test this night and also it was a test of the AT60ED and QHY294c with the ultra-mini guider and IMX224 camera on the new SkyWatcher GTi mount.  The above equipment was 7.5 lbs, well within the 11 lb limit of the GTi mount and I had great guiding for the most part.

I bagged the four objects above on this night.  A Baader UHC-S L-Booster filter was used to block the horrendous LP, which worked pretty well with the QHY294c.

The three versions of the Veil Complex were, for frame 1, essentially the 60 frames stacked and processed normally.  Then, that result was put through Starnet++, which removes all the stars and leaves just the nebula, which is frame 2.   I boosted that to bring out more nebula and then recombined it with the original to obtain an enhanced version in frame 3.

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