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Would anyone like to try and get something out of an image taken under possibly the worst conditions? 

So last night it was a virtually full moon, very high and bright, throughout the entire night. Somewhat foolishly I thought I stood a chance of capturing the Bubble Nebula, because it was on the other side of the sky, and because, well, I don't find clusters very interesting. In the end I had to take 60s subs because anything longer pushed the histogram too far to the right. Oh, and when I examined the subs, it was clear that most of the shots had been taken through the branches of trees, which I thought would be just out of the FOV. I was wrong! 

Anyway, this is the best I can get out of it. Pretty bad, and I was going to dump the lot, but then I thought maybe some of the good people in this forum might fancy having a go. So, if you want a bit (ok, a lot) of a challenge, here's the stacked FTS file. Good luck!

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AqovBuVZMwj3jbgpHZ_1SHVkyWaCIg?e=s864Wi (119MB)

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If it helps, details of this shot are:
• 4:52 hours of integration at ISO800 from 292x60s subs
• Bortle 4 sky, 4:52 hours of moon at 93% phase, 40° height
• Calibration: 25 flats, 25 dark flats, 50 darks
• Hardware: Sky-Watcher 130PDS scope (F5), Sky-Watcher NEQ6 mount, Canon EOS1000D DSLR camera with IR filter removed, Sky-Watcher 0.9x coma corrector, Datyson T7C guide camera (ASI120MC clone), Angel Eyes 50mm guide scope
• Software: polar alignment with SharpCap Pro, guiding with PHD2, capture with Astrophotography Tool (APT), stacking with Deep Sky Stacker (DSS), post-processing with StarTools, Photoshop CS2, Affinity Photo and Topaz Denoise AI

Cheers, Brendan

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