The Polaris Flare – A collection of dust around the north Star

Equipment

  • Sony Rx10iv
  • Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
  • Star Adventurer Tripod
  • Intervalometer
  • Bahintov Mask

Acquisition

  • ISO 800, F4.0, 100mm
  • 144×3″ subs – total 7 hours 14 minutes exposure time
  • 90 Flats, 90 Bias

Processing

  • Stacked in Siril
  • Processed in Pixinsight:
  • DBE
  • Color calibration
  • EZ soft strech
  • Starless with Starnet
  • Curves on Starless version
  • Combined stars and starless version
  • Final Curves

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