Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)
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SH2-240 Spaghetti Nebula, Eric Smith
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SH2-240 Spaghetti Nebula

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SH2-240 Spaghetti Nebula, Eric Smith
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SH2-240 Spaghetti Nebula

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Imaged over 8 nights: 28, 29, 30, 31 January 2022 and 1, 2, 3, 6 February 2022

Poor conditions resulted in 25% of the total images being discarded but I still ended up with enough frames to make the image.  I think this still requires a lot more data specifically in the Oiii region as the subframes were very dim.

I was experimenting with shorter exposure times (120s) to see if I could maximise the poor cloud conditions, but even with the ASI 62000 the SNR on the Oiii was not the best and I had a hard time in balancing the integrated images.  Moving forward I think I will revert to 300 second subframes as a minimum for these very dim nebulas.

Ha: 256 @ 120s 512 min
Oiii: 342 @ 120s 684 min
Sii: 251 @ 120s 502 minTotal integration: 28.3 hours

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SH2-240 Spaghetti Nebula, Eric Smith