I got two mostly clear nights in a row (a rarity this time of year) and was able to gather a total of about 11 hours of sub-frames on NGC 7023. I wish I could get more of the fainter details, but I think I’m limited by the light pollution in my area (Bortle 6ish).
Gear: Dwarf Mini
Settings: eq mode, 60 second exposures, gain 60, astro filter
683 total sub-frames used in the stack

  • GnomieEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Can/did you use the DwarfLab post processing tool?

    • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I used the megastack feature to combine the two nights’ data. I post-processed the resulting FITS file with seti astro suite. I might go back and re-stack using siril to see if I can pull any more detail out, but I’m pretty happy already.

      • GnomieEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Thanks for the reply. I have a dwarf3 which I love and wasn’t sure if the tools were also available on the mini. It looks like a challenging target; nicely done.

        • IamSparticles@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Oh, sure. The 2, 3 and Mini all use the same control app and have access to the “lab” for processing. That all happens online, not on the device. I’m not super crazy about using their tools, though, because I like having a little more control and knowledge about what is being done to produce the result.

          • GnomieEnglish
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            4 months ago

            Understandable. It is a quick tool and can produce decent results but it’s nice to do your own work.