Thank you for sharing your photos - this is exactly what this project is all about! :-)
The Garlic Nebula, also known as LBN 576 (Abell 85)
Mount: MT-90
OTA: TS-Photon 8" f/4
Coma Corrector: Sharpstar 0.95x
Camera: ZWO ASI 533C Pro
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme
Guide Scope: Svbony 60/240
Guide Camera: T7 Astro
Total Integration: 1.92 hours
Single Frame Exposure: 300 seconds
Bin: 1x1, Sensor Temperature: -5°C
ISO/Gain: 100
Full calibration with 30 frames each (darks, biases, flats)
Processing: DSS, FITStacker, PixInsight, Ps.
Sky Brightness: Bortle Orange Zone
Date: October 27, 2022
An extremely faint object. At 300 seconds, it's completely invisible; at 600 seconds, you can't even guess the outlines; only at 900 seconds do the contours just begin to show. The integration is low, there's a lot of noise, and the stars aren't great, but I still like it. I spent a very long time processing it, with many, many attempts, and I'll keep this version. I will definitely re-shoot it with proper integration, but this version is precious in its own way—I refined my processing here and applied a lot of new techniques I've learned recently.
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