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Total image time was 3 hours.
| Moon Phase | New Moon |
| Camera | ToupTek ATR2600C |
| Optics | Skywatcher Esprit 120ED, 840 mm focal length, f/7 (120 mm aperture, APO triplet) |
| Filter | Clear |
| Binning | 1x1 |
| Stacking | StackingWizard, 18 of 24 frames stacked |
| Date | 2026-10-10 |
| AstroWizard Processing |
| Rotate (counter-clockwise) (x2) |
| GraXpert background extraction (0.5) |
| Color calibration |
| True-color mapping |
| BlurXTerminator (0.6) |
| NoiseXTerminator (linear, 0.9) |
| Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (x4) |
| Stretch (deep) |
| Stretch (deep) (starless) |
| Star removal (StarXTerminator) (x2) |
| Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (linear) |
| Darken background (x5) |
| Saturation adjustment |
| Contrast (pop) adjustment |
| Star recombination (screen blend) |
| Curves adjustment (x3) |
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