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The Lobster Claw Nebula - Sh 2-157

Telescope Equipment:
Mount – Celestron CGEM DX - Hypertuned
Scope – Canon 70-200mm EF @ 135mm, f/4
Guider- Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Imaging System:
ZWO ASI533MC Pro – Gain 100, Offset 70, Temp 0°C
Filter – Optolong L-eXtreme
Image Details:
Light: 153x300s
Dark: 50x300s
Flat: 50×13.6875s (25,000 ADU ±5%)
Dark-Flat: 50×13.6875s
Software:
Image Capture – Astro Photography Tools (APT) – PhD2
Pre-Processing, Stacking, Stretching – Siril 1.0.3
Starnett ++ v2 – to separate nebula from stars
Post Processing – Adobe Photoshop CC, Astronomy Tools Action Set for Photoshop
Image Taken:
August 2, 9-11, 2022
Photographed from the When Pigs Fly Observatory