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Diamond Cluster Caldwell 96 NGC 2516

poppy8micro
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Category:Deep Sky
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Diamond Cluster Caldwell 96 NGC 2516NGC 2516
Resolution:
4085x2298 px
File size:
10807 KB

Photo description / processing

Truly scorching diamonds in the company of several red giants. An addition to the Caldwell catalog. Instrument: CHI-2-CCD

Technical information

Telescope/Lens
ASA 500N
Camera
FLI ProLine 16803
Mount
ASA DDM85
Software
Siril, GraXpert, Adobe Lightroom, StarNet++
Location
Observatorio El Sauce Rio Hurtado , Россия

Light pollution

Blue, Bortle 3 zone

Exposure

  • 2 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon R
  • 2 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon G
  • 2 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon B
  • 2 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 0 · Astrodon L

Total exposure: 40 m

Comments

poiskovik_RZN
How do you make such beautiful stars?)))
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poppy8microReply to poiskovik_RZN
Thank you very much, I think the credit goes to the 9nm pixel, not me. Overall, I usually perform Richardson-Lucy deconvolution, spectrophotometry, and boost saturation across all channels while shifting the blue hue for them to avoid a greenish cast if I didn't use snr.
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