M43 3 hours data

[Tracy]

Have been targeting M43 since it's a nice "winter" target for me. I lost my other data so have had to start the stack over again and this is about 3 hours of data.

Stacked in PI, the Foraxx stretched with EZ Stretch, the HOO stretched using HT, BlurXTerminator and NoiseXterminator applied.

Processed using the Foraxx PI script.

Processed using HOO for the color combination.

I'm thinking I may need to drop my exposure time (ASI533MM Pro/William Optics Z103) down to 60 seconds instead of the 90 that these were captured with.

 

[GiffS]

Yup the core is pretty hot. I’ve even experimented with 10 seconds and 30 second exposures and it still really hard to keep the core from blowing out. Other than that it’s a very good image.