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Andy Dungan
Near Cotopaxi, CO USA
04/17/2024
03:00 am

Equipment Details:

Canon R full spec 600mm 120sec f6.3 iso 12800 13 lights 10 flats, Star Adventurer 2i

Post-processing Details:

Affinity Photo 2 to stack and process Starnet2 to separate stars

Image Details:

The Lobster Nebula is located on the left and the Cat's Paw Nebula on the right. Both are located close to the end of the tail of Scorpius. I was surprised with only 13 photos to stack that the pic turned out this well. I currently have an AM5 and an ASIair on the order (they tell me because they are back ordered that it may take 4 weeks, ugh). I plan on taking pics of this along with Pinwheel Galaxy and Bodes Galaxy to see if longer exposures will improve these pics. More to come. What fun to look at the night sky.

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