Sh2-132 - Lion Nebula, RASA 8", 6 hours

 Posted: Jan 8th, 2026
Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: Celestron RASA 8
Camera: Player One Ares-C
Mount: ZWO AM5N
Software: Nina, PixInsight
Exposure:
184 x 120" ISO/Gain: 100 - Antlia Dualband 5nm
 Sofrino, Russia
 Sep 30th, 2025
6 h 8 m
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Resolution: 2981x2961 px
Scale: 3362 KB
Sh2-132: the lion head

From my country house

Player One Ares-C Pro
AM5N
RASA 8"
Filter: Antlia Ha-Oiii F2 highspeed for fast systems

Frames: 184
F: 400m
F/2.2
Expo: 120 sec
Total: 21960 sec = 6 hrs
Gain: 75
Flats

The season is back. I can accumulate at least 6 hours of dark time. Must remember to turn on the dew heater in the camera (!!), otherwise the sensor fogs up.

Processing versions:
Processing #1 (lots of gas): PixInsight (AutoDBE, BlurX, NoiseX, MAS, StarX, LHE, curves, GHS, curves)

Processing #2 (green): Siril (SPCC), GraXpert (bge, deconv, denoise), starnet, Siril (histogram and curves)

Processing #3 (blue): Siril (SPCC), GraXpert (bge, deconv, denoise), starnet, Siril (histogram and curves) and this one also involved decomposing into HOO and "correcting" the Bayesian filter bleed (more like personal taste and color mixing magic than actually fixing something).
Updated
  8 Jan, 2026
  6 h 8 m
Processing #3 (blue): Siril (SPCC), GraXpert (background extraction, deconvolution, denoise), Starnet, Siril (histogram and curves), and this is still with HOO…
  8 Jan, 2026
  6 h 8 m
Processing #2 (green): Siril (SPCC), GraXpert (background extraction, deconvolution, denoise), starnet, Siril (histogram and curves)
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  8 Jan, 2026
  6 h 8 m
Sh2-132: the lion head From my country house Player One Ares-C Pro AM5N RASA 8" Filter: Antlia Ha-Oiii F2 highspeed for fast systems Frames: 184 F: 400m F/2.2 E…
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