I ran some tests night before last with the Pacman Nebula (NGC...

I ran some tests night before last with the Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), and only ended up with 7 sub-exposures and no calibration frames before the weather rolled in. Tonight I’m capturing 50 Hydrogen-alpha subs of NGC 1499, the California Nebula in Constellation Perseus. Gear notes: SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro mount, William Optics GT81 Apochromatic Refractor 392mm at f/4.7, ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro monochrome camera, Astronomik 6nm Ha filter, Controller: Raspberry Pi 4 4GB / 128GB running Stellarmate 1.54, INDI/KStars/Ekos.
This is just one exposure in the Ekos UI. Imagine how cool this is going to look with 50 of these stacked!

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