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Andy Dungan
Near Cotopaxi, CO USA
09/26/2023
03:45 am

Equipment Details:

Canon R full spectrum Sigma 150-600C@403mm 60sec f6.3 iso 25600 30 shots plus 10 flat frames
Star Adventurer 2i for tracking

Post-processing Details:

Affinity Photo 2 to stack and process, Starnet2 to separate stars

Image Details:

When I looked at the original photos of this nebula (shot the same night I did Heart & Soul nebulae) I thought I wasn't going to get much of a picture, but I was so pleasantly surprised once I got into processing. This is a relatively large nebula. It was shot at 400mm when I normally use my max of 600mm. What a treat. Space is so exciting and doing it with relatively inexpensive camera equipment just startles me. What a joy.