War & Peace Nebula (NGC 6357) in H-alpha light

Two sessions combined, using a mono canon 450D, and a OSC canon 6D.

IMAGING DATA 1
Optical train: AP130 EDF GT + AP 0.77x focal reducer
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: SMC Takumar 67 f/4 200mm guidescope + QHY5L-II mono + PHD
Camera: Canon 450D (mono modded by Hypercams, and peltier cooled)
Frames: 12 lights 10 min. ea. @iso1600, calibrated with 200 bias, 20 darks and 30 flats.
Processing: PI 1.8 + Canon DPP
Date: 2014-07-19
Place: General Pacheco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Seeing & transparency: good/poor (suburban skies, passing high clouds)

IMAGING DATA 2
Optical train: AP130 EDF GT + AP flattener
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: SMC Takumar 67 f/4 200mm guidescope + QHY5L-II mono + PHD
Camera: Canon 6D (Baader modded by Hypercams)
Frames: 18 lights 10 min. ea. @iso1600, calibrated with 200 bias, 20 darks and 30 flats.
Processing: PI 1.8 + Canon DPP
Date: 2014-07-26
Place: General Pacheco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Seeing & transparency: good/poor (suburban skies, passing high clouds)

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