Crescent, Soap Bubble and a Swan, 6 Panel Mosaic, 286MPX

Well here it is, all 286 megapixels of spacial beauty, this image is over 75 hours worth of exposure time across 6 different panels, and each panel consists of 3 filters, each filter has 101x150 second exposures. All this was done over a period of almost 4 months.

If you want to see the full resolution image (and I would highly recommend you do) you can do so here

Image Details:
Number of Panels: 6
Frames per panel: 101x150S Ha, 101x150s OIII, 101x150S SII
Imaging dates: July 19, 2022 · July 23, 2022 · July 26, 2022 · July 27, 2022 · July 29, 2022 · July 30, 2022 · Aug. 3, 2022 · Aug. 6, 2022 · Aug. 7, 2022 · Aug. 8, 2022 · Aug. 9, 2022 · Aug. 10, 2022 · Aug. 11, 2022 · Aug. 12, 2022 · Aug. 13, 2022 · Aug. 19, 2022 · Aug. 20, 2022 · Aug. 21, 2022 · Aug. 22, 2022 · Aug. 24, 2022 · Sept. 14, 2022 · Sept. 16, 2022 · Sept. 17, 2022 · Sept. 21, 2022 · Sept. 24, 2022 · Sept. 26, 2022 · Sept. 28, 2022 · Sept. 29, 2022 · Sept. 30, 2022 · Oct. 2, 2022 · Oct. 5, 2022 · Oct. 6, 2022 · Oct. 7, 2022

Equipment
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI Cameras ZWO Astronomy Cameras ASI6200MM Pro Gain 100 -10C
Imaging Scope: Sharpstar Optics 20032PNT F3.2 Paraboloid Astrograph
Filters: Baader Planetarium Ultra Fast, Ultra Narrow Ha, OIII and SII 50.4mm filters
Filterwheel: ZWO ASI Cameras ZWO Astronomy Cameras 7x EFW
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI Cameras ZWO Astronomy Cameras ASI290MM
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro German Equatorial Mount
Auto Focuser: Primalucelab Sesto Senso2
Environmental conditions: Primalucelab ECCO2
Observatory Control: Primalucelab Eagle 4 Pro
Roof Control: Talon RoR
Image Acquisition: Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro
Image Calibration and Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Image Processing: PixInsight, EZ Processing Suite and StarExterminator

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Holy moly… that is APOD material there. Nice work.

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Excellent!

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