Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Canis Major (CMa)  ·  Contains:  IC 2177  ·  NGC 2335  ·  NGC 2343  ·  NGC 2353
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Seagull during bright moonlight, Götz Golla
Seagull during bright moonlight
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Seagull during bright moonlight

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Seagull during bright moonlight, Götz Golla
Seagull during bright moonlight
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Seagull during bright moonlight

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This image may seem quite ordinary, and it doesnt look much better than the image I took on Feb 23 utillizing my UHC filter. What is special about it is that I took it with the moon high and dominant in the sky.

I used my new dual-band narrowband filter to test if its really possible to integrate during moonlight with a DSLR. Yes, it is ! All I needed to do was to put a little more efford in the background extraction.

Despite of what many people say about these dual-narrowband filters, a photometric color calibration was also possible in Siril and resulted in very nice colors. So only minor adjustments were done in post processing.

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Seagull during bright moonlight, Götz Golla