Last week I wanted to image another nebula before galaxy season starts, but there was only had one night with a few hours that were clear, so I figured I would go after Orion that night since it was pretty bright and would look good with only 2 hours on it (second image). But after processing the data from that night, it looked so good that I completely changed my plans and continued to image it for another two nights to get as much data as I could on it, and I’m so glad I did!

359x60s lights (5.98 hours), darks, flats, and biases stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, edited in Siril, and noise reduction applied in Adobe Lightroom mobile.
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🌌 Horsehead Nebula (IC 434)
🔭 Meade RB-70 (Scope), SkyWatcher GTi (Mount)
📸 Stock Canon Rebel T4i (Main), Optolong L-eNhance (Filter)
📅 Bloomington, Minnesota (Bortle 8)
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Earlier this month I got two clear nights, the first for a while after this Winter, and continued to add to my 2 hours of data I had previously captured in December. I gathered another 7 hours, but due to backlash and wind, I ended up getting rid of about 2 hours. But I still got a respectable 7.15 hours, and the final image turned out fantastic!

286x90s lights, darks, flats, and biases stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, edited in Siril, and noise reduction applied in Adobe Lightroom mobile
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🌌 Horsehead Nebula (IC 434)
🔭 Meade RB-70 (Scope), SkyWatcher GTi (Mount)
📸 Stock Canon Rebel T4i (Main), Optolong L-eNhance (Filter)
📅 Bloomington, Minnesota (Bortle 8)
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#highpointscientific #nebula #horsehead #horseheadnebula #ic434 #skywatcher #gti #meade #telescope #astrophotography #astronomy #siril #deepskystacker #adobelightroom #lightroom #adobelightroommobile #jefferson #jeffersonwisconsin #jeffersonwi #wi #wisconsin #bortle5 #dss