NGC281 Pacman, RASA 8", 5 hrs

IC1848: The Soul Nebula
August 30, 2025

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

Frames: 157
F: 400m
F/2.2
Exposure: 120 sec
Total: 18840 sec = 5.2 hrs
Gain: 100
Flats, darks, biases

I made two other versions, which are more somber. This version was helped by a second pass through Graxpert Denoise.

The start of the imaging season. I need to capture at least the simplest targets, because they aren’t available in any decent quality yet.
This folder contains darks, flats, and biases.

Processing:
In PixInsight (a slightly older version) using the revolutionary MAS: auto DBE, blurX, noiseX, MANS, starX, LHE, curves+histo, white balance adjustment;
In Siril (a newer version), GraXpert, starnet, GraXpert, recomposition. The original wasn’t saved, only a compressed version from Google Photos remains.