Total image time was 3 hours and 43 minutes.
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Sky Location
The chart above shows where this image sits on the night sky. The yellow outline is its field of view, with the picture itself drawn at its true orientation; north is up and east is left. Click the chart to zoom in, and use "open full resolution" for the full-size chart.
Image Details
| Moon Phase: | First Quarter |
|---|---|
| Camera: | Seestar S50 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor) |
| Optics: | 260 mm focal length, f/5.2, 50 mm aperture |
| Filter: | IRCUT |
| Binning: | 1x1 |
| Stacking: | StackingWizard, 223 of 425 frames stacked, 20-pointing mosaic |
| Date: | 2026-10-18 |
| Number of images: | 223 |
| Exposure per image: | 60 s |
| Total imaging time: | 3 h 43 min |
AstroWizard Processing
- Crop
- GraXpert background extraction (0.5)
- Color calibration
- BlurXTerminator (0.6)
- NoiseXTerminator (linear, 0.9)
- Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (x3)
- Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (linear)
- Stretch (aggressive) (x2)
- Str keep
- Stretch (deep) (x2)
- Stretch (deep) (starless)
- Star removal (StarXTerminator)
- Darken background (x4)
- Saturation adjustment (x3)
- Contrast (pop) adjustment (x2)
- Curves adjustment (x2)
- Color recalibration
- Star recombination (screen blend)
- Mended
- NoiseXTerminator (non-linear, 0.6)
- SCNR (green noise removal)
