#Perseus Double Cluster

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night flint
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This image was taken during a recent trip to Bortle 2 skies. Despite four nights on site, adverse weather limited imaging opportunities, allowing me to salvage only 45 minutes of usable exposure time from a total of 1.5 hours collected.

Total integration: 45m

Integration per filter:
Lum/Clear: 45m (15 × 180")

Equipment:
Telescope: GSO 6" f/9 Ritchey-Chretien
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: ZWO AM5
Filter: ZWO UV IR CUT 2"
Accessories: Beelink U59 Mini PC, ZWO EAF
Software: Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP), Patrick Chevalley Cartes du Ciel, Russell Croman Astrophotography NoiseXTerminator, Serif Affinity Photo, SetiAstro Editing Suite, Siril Team Siril, Stark Labs PHD Guiding, Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA), Steffen Hirtle GraXpert

hollow prawn
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Looks like 45 minutes is really all you needed!

night flint
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Ah with longer integration I wanted to catch dust and also Ha from the region. But Bortle 2 skies were just phenomenal - NINA would detect 4000 stars in a single 300 sec sub.

hollow prawn