04/11/2023
Last night we had the first “Good-Excellent Seeing” I’ve seen in several months.
I was lucky enough to get 2 nights of “clear” skies this week but with “Poor Seeing”, so having a third night with better “Seeing” conditions was a great bonus!
I targeted NGC 2403, due to its sky location at my site, being away from the surrounding streetlights.
I’m amazed at the quality of the image versus all my “Poor Seeing” night images.
I wish we had more of these above average seeing nights!
In addition, I’m posting the results of the previous 2 nights efforts.
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04/10/2023
NGC 2403
Distance, 8 million light years away.
Seeing Good/Excellent
Orion Xt10g goto Dobsonian Alt/Azimuth
ZWO 294 MC
ZWO EAF focuser
700-800x10 second subs (depending on target)
50 Flats
50 Dark Flats
30 Darks
Optolong UV/IR cut filter.
Captured with NINA
Processed PixInsight, BlurXTerminator, StarXterminator, Affinity Photo, Photoshop, Topaz.
Bortle 7