NGC2903

Constellation: Leo        Distance: 32 million lightyears

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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 7 hours, HaLRGB = 120:120:60:60:60 minutes
  • Camera: SBIG ST-8300M, Temp -25 ° C, Astrodon 5 mm Ha filter, Baader LRGB filters
  • Instrument: TEC 140 with field flattener focal distance 980 mm
  • Mount: Losmandy G11
  • Guiding: SBIG Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location and date: Etoile St.Cyrice, France, 20 and 21 April 2015

Image acquisition with ImagesPlus 5.75 Camera Control:
  • 6 H-alpha of 10 min, binned 1x1
  • 8 Luminance of 15 min, binned 1x1
  • 6 Red + 6 Green + 6 Blue of 10 min, binned 1x1
  • 20 Flat fields with flatfield panel
  • 20 Dark frames of 20, 15 and 10 min
  • 50 Bias frames

Processing in PixInsight 1.8
  • ImageCalibration, ImageIntegration, StarAlignment, ChannelCombination, BackgroundNeutralization, DBE, ColorCalibration, DynamicCrop
  • StarMask, RangeMask, Convolution, Pixelmath, ATrousWaveletTransform
  • Non lineair: HistogramTransformation, CurvesTransformation, SCNR, MorphologicalTransformation, ACDNR, LocalHistogramTransformation