#Swan Nebula M17 10hrs b9

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hard talon
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10hrs on Swan Nebula from bortle 9.

Equipment
Scope: Sky-Watcher 150PDS

  • Modded with CYCK secondary mirror spider, backyard universe primary mirror mask, and extended studs/screws to move primary mirror forward
    Camera: Player-One Ares-C Pro
    Mount: Celestron AVX (hypertuned)
    Coma Corrector: Sharpstar Coma Corrector 0.95x
    Filter: 2" Optolong L-eNhance filter
    Guide Cam: ZWO 120mm mini
    Guide Scope: SvBony 50mm

Acquisition
Capture Software: NINA
Guiding Software: PHD2
Mount Software: CPWI
Total Integration: 10hrs
Lights Settings: 3mins x 200 @ gain 130 with an offset of 25
Calibrated with darks, flats, and bias frames

Sky Conditions
Bortle 9
95%-18% Moon

Processing

  • Stacked and processed in PixInsight with RC-Astro plugins (blurxt, noisext, starxt), DeepSNR, and GraXpert
  • Lightroom
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full view

eager bloom
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well done!!

brave socket
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nice

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solid process

fresh moss
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This image is so food!

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You really got the most out of your avx

gray crypt
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nice data and nice process!

normal coyote
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mega nerd this bish