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kurtis markham
Alexandria, Virginia
11/13/2022

Equipment Details:

William Optics 120mm Refractor.
AWOASI071 OSC.
Ioptron GEM45EC
Pixnsight editing software
35lights x 300
15 darks x300
100 bias
100 flats

Post-processing Details:

Edited with Pixnsight
Back ground subtraction. Denoise. Stretch. Starnet. Curves. Range selection. Pixel math. Dark structure enhance.
Light room to add the copywrite

Image Details:

I used range selection to block out the foreground stars, Showing more of the gas cloud formations. Making it appear as though looking through a window of clouds.
Hopefully offering a different view of the Horse Head Nebula than what we normally see.