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IRIS Nebula, cropped. Subs taken on 20/9/2020 but recently re-processed using PixInsight.

Scope : AA72EDF with 0.8x reducer on a Skywatcher AZ-EQ6, no filters, no Flats or Bias frames.

30 Lights and 30 Darks 120s exposures at -10°C using AA269C TEC Camera via NINA (Gain 282, offset 24). guided using AA GPCAM3 178C .

Have tried since with this target but struggling to get quality data to process. am still trying.

Gary, great image. love the contrast of the dark & light clouds - Maybe needs a bit of noise reduction to clean up the image and really make it pop