NGC 1840 Soul Nebula
Posted on 4 April 2021 · Nebula
Equipment & acquisition
- Imaging telescope
- Sky-Watcher Evostar 80ED DS-Pro 600mm (f/7.5)
- Focal reducer
- Sky-Watcher .85x Reducer/Flattener
- Imaging camera
- ZWO ASI 533MC-PRO
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher EQ6-R PRO
- Guiding telescope
- Astro Essentials 32mm f/4 Mini Guide Scope
- Guiding camera
- ZWO ASI 120MM Mini
- Other Equipment
- Sesto Senso 2 focuser, Pegasus Power Box Advance, QHYCCD PoleMaster
- Filters
- L-eNhance Dual Narrowband Filter
- Acquisition
- Sequence Generator Pro (SGP), PHD2
- Software
- Deep Sky Stacker (DSS) > PixInsight > Adobe Photoshop.
- Date(s)
- 03 Apr 2021
- Total Integration
- 2.2 hrs
- Lights
- 36 x 240″ (gain: 101 Bin: 1)
- Darks
- ~30
- Flats
- ~30
Processing:
- Review Light frames in Blink (PixInsight) to check for bad frames (just the one, thanks Elon!)
- Process Lights, Darks and Flats in Deep Sky Stacker
- Open processed file in PixInsight
- Crop off edges
- Run Dynamic Background Extraction
- Run PixMath mix for Hubble Palette
- Run Color Balance script
- Deconvolution
- Stretch – Save.
- Open in Photoshop – adjust Levels, Vibrance.