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Spaghetti nebula SH2-240.  This was a tough one!, James Clark
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Spaghetti nebula SH2-240. This was a tough one!

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Spaghetti nebula SH2-240. This was a tough one!

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This nebula is so faint, it was really tough to process.  I collected 29 hours of narrowband data, 17h at f/2 with the Samyang 135mm and 12h with the RedCat51, including 2 hours of RGB stars, during four nights in mid December.

Nevertheless, the signal was still faint, especially the [OIII] and it's taken a few reworks before I've been reasonably satisfied with the end result and thought it worth sharing.

It is such a beautiful target, I will certainly have to come back to this next year and hopefully add another 30 hours to it

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Spaghetti nebula SH2-240.  This was a tough one!, James Clark

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