Flying Bat Nebula and a faint OU4
Astrophotography, August2024, September2024, Sardegna Sebastien Grotto Astrophotography, August2024, September2024, Sardegna Sebastien Grotto

Flying Bat Nebula and a faint OU4

The Flying Bat Nebula and the Giant Squid were promising objects with clear skies. Unfortunately, the Squid has been very very hard to catch. I would have needed more nights of shooting, but here's the result. It is as I've shot it, no Photoshop because I refuse to use it (that's only me ... I'm not saying that using Photoshop is bad, just I don't want to use it that's all, no controversy here)

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Pelican Nebula … and North America Nebula
Astrophotography, Sardegna, September23 Sebastien Grotto Astrophotography, Sardegna, September23 Sebastien Grotto

Pelican Nebula … and North America Nebula

1/3 : Back to Sardegna. Last year, I got one shot (Helix Nebula) and I stopped everything after it : humidity was reaching 90% and my setup was sweating. I said in a previous post that the island is tough, some year it’s dry, some year is humid … I got the dry weather this time. I spent five nights, shooting from 10PM to 3AM (there wasn’t even dew … incredible) letting the setup outside until the morning without any anti-dew equipment (dry, dry, dry … perfect !)

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Eastern Veil, Western Veil, Supernova and Pickering’s Triangle
Astrophotography, Sardegna, September23 Sebastien Grotto Astrophotography, Sardegna, September23 Sebastien Grotto

Eastern Veil, Western Veil, Supernova and Pickering’s Triangle

Back to Sardegna. Last year, I got one shot (Helix Nebula) and I stopped everything after it : humidity was reaching 90% and my setup was sweating. I said in a previous post that the island is tough, some year it’s dry, some year is humid … I got the dry weather this time. I spent five nights, shooting from 10PM to 3AM (there wasn’t even dew … incredible) letting the setup outside until the morning without any anti-dew equipment (dry, dry, dry … perfect !)

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