From the Mountains of Madness...
NGC 281, aka Pacman Nebula...
I'm completely not happy with this image. 24 x 10 min exposures, Canon T3i, 1600 ISO. Scope was the Tak TSA-102 at F/8. So much noise and noise reduction that it was a miserable experience. 99% PixInsight, 1% Photoshop. Probably about 40 hours of processing for this meagre image.
It's my fault that I didn't get out there again and collect another 2-3 nights of data. That would
have made it much easier to process, and I would've had much more detail.
Yes, I'm aware of the halos around the bright stars! Yes, I could put in another 3-6 hours to get the halos under control, but I'm exhausted and need to move on...
I still have a M16 image to process, but after that, I'm hoping to retire the T3i.
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