Dark Nebulae and Dust in Taurus, by Johann Nishant
An amazing wide-field display of the dark nebulae in the constellation Taurus, including the Pleiades (M45).
Image
- Light frames: 88x 180” @ ISO800 ( 264 Minutes)
- Dark frames: 15 x 180” @ ISO800
- Flat frames: 30 x 1/640″ @ ISO 800
- Bias frames: 30 x 1/8000” @ ISO800
- Guided with Orion SSAG using PHD2
Environmental
- Location: Leh and Hanle, Ladakh, India
- Sky Conditions: Extremely dark but seeing was not perfect
Main Equipment
- OTA: Samyang 135mm f/2 at f/2
- Mount: Sky-Watcher NEQ6
- Camera: CentralDS Cooled 5D Mark II Full Spectrum Modified
- Filter: Astronomik UV/IR Cut
Integration and Processing
- Processed in PixInsight 1.8
- Batch Preprocessing Script with Cosmetic Correction
- Dynamic Crop
- ABE
- Background Neutralisation
- Colour Calibration
- Histogram Transformation
- ACDNR
- Morphological Transform
- Saturation Curves
- LHE
- SCNR
- Final Crop in PS
About the photographer
Johann Nishant
Location: India
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