ic 434, the
horsehead in Orion - 7 hours 10 minutes
43 ten-minute subs, started
as Orion was rising and continuing through dawn... This image
was acquired, calibrated with both hot and warm pixel removal,
then
demosaiced and stacked using adaptive scale in Nebulosity. Post
processing almost entirely in Nebulosity with final amp glow removed
using layer masking, a series of curve applications, slight saturation
adjustment, and jpeg in PSCS3.
Vixen ED80 at f7.5 with
Hapmod Canon 350, guided using PHD, DSI Pro on the 12 inch LX200
at f6.8
--- sky very good, about 3 arc seconds, no winds, 43 degrees ...
enjoy