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SH2-129 and OU4 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae, Tom Zepf
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SH2-129 and OU4 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae

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SH2-129 and OU4 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae, Tom Zepf
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SH2-129 and OU4 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae

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A difficult processing of the Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae. Also my first excursion into star removal - I tried both StarNet and StarXTerminator but ever so slightly preferred StarXTerminator. I will have to try the Ou4 Squid Nebula another season from a dark site - light pollution in the early acquisition nights and later moon glow too made the signal very noisy.

I collected Sulfur II and Green data as well, but ultimately decided HOO was the most appealing combination. I did use the Sulfur for the stars in HSO.

Lot's of new software to get used to. I finally figured out how to get meridian flips reliably with APCC and SGPro and NINA. Also, switched from SGPro to NINA Advanced Sequencer after two nights.

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SH2-129 and OU4 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebulae, Tom Zepf

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