Lagoon and Trifid - very low, very short

[Fegato]

Here's M8 and M20, the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae. They are so low here, I just have a couple of hours while they skim the trees on the hill to the south, and even on a seemingly clear night, cloud becomes more of an issue at under 14 degrees altitude.

I shot lots of 5 second frames and managed to use just 53. Even then I had to use many with some cloud or haze impact. Anyway, with only 4 minutes 25 seconds of data, I'm happy with the result. This is why I got a RASA to be honest, making the most of brief opportunities.

Apart from normal gradient and colour processing, stretching and a little colour saturation, all I did was use Russell Croman's NoiseXTerminator, which had it's first run out with this - seems to work really well. Maybe it's ended up a little soft, I don't know. Anyway, I might get some more data and have a more comprehensive go at processing.

RASA 11 v2, CEM120, ASI2400MC Pro, no filter (IDAS Optical Distance Worker only). 53 x 5s.

 

[glafnazur]

That has turned out pretty good all things considered, well done. 👍