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M33

PauloF
25220
Category:Deep Sky
Published:
331
M33NGC 592NGC 603IC 134IC 136IC 137IC 139IC 140NGC 588NGC 595NGC 598NGC 604IC 131IC 132IC 133IC 135IC 142IC 143
Resolution:
4095x2852 px
File size:
9989 KB

Photo description / processing

Taken on 11/10/2025, processed on 19/01/2026

Technical information

Telescope/Lens
Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED
Camera
ZWO ASI183MC Pro
Mount
Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro (belt-modified)
Guide Scope
Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED, Askar M54 OAG
Guide Camera
ZWO ASI 120 MM mini
Accessories
ZWO ASIAIR Pro, 2-inch Field Flattener, ZWO EAF, ZWO EFW Mini Filter Wheel
Software
ZWO ASIStudio, GraXpert, Siril, Affinity Photo
Location
Ansião, Portugal

Light pollution

Green, Bortle 4 zone

Date taken

Exposure

  • 40 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 111 · Lights ·

Total exposure: 3 h 20 m

Comments

yas
The total accumulation time is incorrect.
Don't add information on dark, flat and bias to the image description!
And why there are no colors on the image?
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PauloFReply to yas
1- You are absolutely right about the number of frames, as 51 was a typo... now it's corrected (40x300s)
2- Information on Dark, Flats and Bias deleted, but I'm a bit surprised as in all the sites I post, like Telescopius.com, for example, that is a useful info for colleague astrophotographers...not in here... ok, is that a site rule, or just your opinion ?
3- No colors ? check again !!
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yasReply to PauloF
2. There is no site rules on this, but Astrobin site also don't use these info. Bias, Dark, Flat are need for preprocessing and I don't see how it could be useful. Not only that, but modern cooled CMOS cameras have very low thermal noise, so using dark frames, especially when there are only a few of them, can even add noise to the final image compared to simply subtracting the average dark frame value.
3. The colors are still not very noticeable. If you can share the original image (the final sum after calibration), I would try to process it.

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PauloFReply to yas
2- My camera is an ASI183MC PRO, which has Amp Glow, and with no Darks, no way to get ruid of the Amp Glow !! Unfortunately, I've no funds to buy another camera, so this one has to stick around...
Flats and Bias are mandatory to use anyway, so the matter is just if we declare them or not... got it !
3- The colors are the ones my camera captured without enhancing them artifitially in processing.
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PauloFReply to PauloF
Besides that M33 is not a very colorful subject anyway.
You can check the colors of a few of my other images showing more colorful DSOs. So it's not the camera nor the processing. Is the subject
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