2023-04-01 Heart & Soul Nebula

Alight, so this image is very overprocessed, but I really wanted to get something of the Heart and Soul nebulae on this day, despite the poor conditions, so I stretched until the histogram could take no more.

From the left, you can see just the faintest trace of the Soul, Heart, and Fish Head nebulae among the noise and artifacts. It's not great, but I'll use this as a benchmark for improvement going further!

Metadata

• Location
  • Name: Reksteren, Norway
  • Lat Long: 60.04, 05.42
  • Datetime: April 1st 2023, 23:00
  • Bortle Scale: Class 5
  • Moon Phase: 83%
  • Moon Azimuth: +48°
• Gear
  • Camera: Fujifilm X-T1
  • Lens: Fujifilm 135mm f/2.5
  • Tracking: None/Tripod
• Exposure
  • Aperture: f/3.2
  • Focal Length: 135mm
  • Shutter Speed: 4/1s
  • ISO: 3200
• Processing
  • Light Frames: 75
  • Raw Conversion: RawTherapee
  • Stacking: DeepSkyStacker
  • Total Exposure: 5min 00s
  • Editor: GIMP