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Amateur astronomer stacks eight hours of data on object HMSTG 314-23
Original: As for that swirl in Apus, HMSTG 314-23, I now have about 8 hours of data on that and when combined in @ Siril_Official
An amateur astrophotographer reports capturing around eight hours of exposure on HMSTG 314-23, a faint swirl-like object in the southern constellation Apus, and processing the combined data with the Siril software. They acknowledge a possible mistake in star processing and say the image could look better, hoping to gather more data next week.
Why now: Space and astrophotography enthusiasts follow observers imaging faint southern-sky objects and sharing their processing results.
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- As for that swirl in Apus, HMSTG 314-23, I now have about 8 hours of data on that and when combined in @ Siril_Official it ends up looking like this. I think I stuffed up the star processing, so this could look a bit better. If I manage some more data next week, I’ll have… · cafuego@misanthrope.social · 7
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