NGC7142 and NGC7129

Constellation: Cepheus        Distance: 6000 and 3000 lightyears

ngc7129

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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 7 hours 45 minutes, LRGB = 240:75:75:75 minutes
  • Camera: SBIG ST-8300M, Temp -25 ° C, Baader LRGB filters
  • Instrument: TEC 140 with field flattener, focal distance 980 mm
  • Guiding: SBIG Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location: Etoile St.Cyrice, France
  • Mount: Losmandy G11
  • Sky Quality Meter: Between 21.41 and 21.46 Losmandy G11
  • Ambient temperature: Between 8 ° C and 9 ° C
  • Date: 2 and 3 September 2014

Image acquisition with ImagesPlus 5.75 Camera Control:
  • 12 Luminance of 20 min, binned 1x1
  • 5 Red + 5 Green + 5 Blue of 15 min, binned 1x1
  • 20 Flat fields with flatfield panel
  • 20 Dark frames of 20 min + 20 Dark frames of 15 min
  • 50 Bias frames

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