Four Corners Birthday Wizard Nebula

Wizard Nubula (Sh2-142) and NGC7380 open cluster. Over 22 hours of exposure over 4 nights from 2024-08-31 through 09-14. My first image combining narrow band emission nebula data with full color stars. Monsoon rains in Mancos kept me from gathering the narrow band data in Mancos, Colorado, but I was able to get that in Tucson, Arizona a few days later. Moonlight and smoke from fires in California, didn't interfere with data from the dual 3nm dual narrow band filter.

10.5 hours of full RGB color in the star images from Mancos, Colorado and 12 hours of narrow band HaO3 exposure with a dual band L-Ultimate filter from near Tucson, Arizona. Rendered in an Oxygen enhanced HOO palate.

WO RedCat 250/51mm telescope, L-Ultimate dual NB filter, ASI533 MC camera, ASIAIR Plus controller, SW AZ-EQ5 mount.

Processed in PixInsight with RCAstro tools and final crop and balance in Photoshop. Center crop below

Content created: 2024-09-17

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