NGC 7000 North America - second attempt

[Bluesboystig]

Hi everyone, after months of british weather and a toddler that zapped all my energy, last Saturday night I finally managed to get the setup out to the garden again, and have a second go at the North America nebula. I didn't take calibration frames, because I totally passed out and woke up in the morning, so once again this is not optimal, but I'm still quite pleased with the result. Happy to hear thoughts/suggestions/tips. 

Acquisition: 60x180" subs. Bortle 5/6. No moon.

Equipment: SA GTI, WO z61 with flattener, Canon 2000d modded, Optolong L-Extreme, Asiair Mini, ZWO Mini Finder-Guider & ASI 120MM-Mini guide camera. 

Processing details:

Siril: crop, background extraction, photometric colour calibration. Separated the nebulosity from the stars using Starnet. 

GIMP: stretched the nebulosity, separated the nebula from the background and applied levels and curves, adjusted brightness and contrast.

Siril: Star recomposition. 

Edited June 10 by Bluesboystig

[Vroobel]

Three hours using DSLR? Very good! Also, nice processing. 👍🙂