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IC 417
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IC 417 is an emission nebula in Auriga. It is part of the Aur OB2 association, located nearby to NGC 1931. It is located on the near side of the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

[Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_417]

Total image time was 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Moon PhaseNew Moon
CameraSeestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
FilterLP
Binning1x1
StackingStackingWizard, 70 of 77 frames stacked
Date2026-10-11
AstroWizard Processing
Crop
Rotate (counter-clockwise) (x2)
GraXpert background extraction (0.5) (x2)
True-color mapping
Color calibration (x2)
BlurXTerminator (0.3)
BlurXTerminator (0.6) (x2)
NoiseXTerminator (linear, 0.9) (x2)
NoiseXTerminator (linear, 0.9) (starless)
Star removal (StarXTerminator) (x2)
Flatten sky background
Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (x2)
Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (linear)
Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (starless)
Saturation adjustment (x2)
Contrast (pop) adjustment
Curves adjustment (x3)
Star recombination (screen blend)
Adj dmg
Mended
NoiseXTerminator (non-linear, 0.6)



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