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Pacman Nebula and Heart Nebula

I made another try at the Heart Nebula, and added the Pacman Nebula onto the beginning.

When the imaging for the Pacman started, it was pointed squarely at the neighbors’ house. Ugh! But it wasn’t too long before the nebula emerged. The Dwarf’s auto-stacking did an okay job, but using Megastack to manually remove bad subs helped. Here’s the original:

screenshot from Dwarf app on iOS

Dwarf app showing output of 61 subs, 60 seconds, 60 gain, duo filter

And here it is after manually deleting bad subs:

screenshot from Dwarf app on iOS

Dwarf app showing output of 53 subs, 60 seconds, 60 gain, duo filter; much improved from the previous

Finally, here it is with StellarStudio “auto”:

amateur astrophoto of the Pacman Nebula

The Pacman Nebula

The Heart Nebula started out okay, but again, the neighbors’ house clipped us right at the end. Since I was in the habit, I manually deleted bad subs and restacked. Original:

screenshot from Dwarf app on iOS

Dwarf app showing output of 230 subs, 60 seconds, 60 gain, duo filter

And here it is restacked:

screenshot from Dwarf app on iOS

Dwarf app showing output of 220 subs, 60 seconds, 60 gain, duo filter; somewhat improved

Finally, here it is with StellarStudio “auto”:

amateur astrophoto of the Heart Nebula

The Heart Nebula