Milky Way Core Nebulae mosaics: M20 & M8, M16 & M17

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Milky Way Core Nebulae mosaics: M20 & M8, M16 & M17

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M20 and M8 - 2x1 panels, full broadband RGB (no filter)
M16 and M17 - 2x1 panels, HaRGB (l-extreme filter used, and its red channel was extracted to use as Ha for enhancement of RGB image)

All shot with ASI533MC Pro and WO GT71 scope.
Some stars are elongated because I was running unguided exposures for broadband as my guiding cable was broken.

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The sky looks dark, was it done in Mersing or Singapore ? Thanks
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PETER LOO wrote: Fri Jun 10, 2022 9:54 pm The sky looks dark, was it done in Mersing or Singapore ? Thanks
Both were shot in Singapore :)
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Very nice
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Nicely processed. Great work as always! How many hours this time? :P
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joachim.ong wrote: Sun Jun 12, 2022 2:37 pm Nicely processed. Great work as always! How many hours this time? :P
I think roughly 3 hours per panel on each filter, horizons aren't good enough to image it for many hours each night
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