Orion is still available for observation in the evenings. I decided to shoot the Orion Nebula with second shutter speeds with 127 mm Schmidt-Cassegrain. In total, 1200 frames turned out, of which I manually selected the 521 best frame and stacked it. The capturing was carried out on an azimuthal mount Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi, field rotation compensation occurred when two stars were stacked to Fitswork.

The Orion Nebula, March 13, 2020

Equipment:
-telescope Celestron Omni XLT 127
-reducer Antares f\6.3
-filter Optolong L-eNhance 1.25″
-camera ZWO ASI 183MC
-mount Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi
Location: Russia, Anapa, backyard
Stacking 521 frames per 1 second with Fitswork, wavelets with Registax 6.

I also made bicolor, replacing the blue channel with green. Nevertheless, I like the original RGB version more, because the blue channel (H-beta) is still different from red (h-alpha) and green (O-III).
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Rosetta Nebula in the Unicorn. December 21, 2019

Equimpent:
-Samyang 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC Canon EF
-filter Optolong L-eNhance 1.25″
-camera ASI ZWO 183MC
-finderscope-guider 50 mm + camera QHY5III178m
-mount Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi.
35 frames per 120 seconds.
Processing: PIPP (calibration), (stacking). Scale 25%.
Scale 50% — link
Location: Russia, Anapa, backyard.

This is the first more or less adequate result with the Optolong L-eNhance 1.25 “filter. The filter cuts off most of the city light pollution, but at the same time passes the H-alpha, OIII and H-beta lines. Ghosting appears around bright stars, but personally they don’t bother me, I will continue testing the filter.

NGC 281 Pac-Man nebula. December 2, 2019

Equimpent
-Samyang 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC Canon EF lens
–Optolong L-eNhance 1.25″ filter
–ASI ZWO 183MC camera
-finder-guider 50 mm + QHY5III178m camera
-Sky-Watcher AZ-GTi mount.
30 frames per 120 s.
Calibration with PIPP, stacking with Fitswork.
Fullsize.
Location: Russia, Anapa, backyard.

It is interesting to compare the result with another picture taken about a year ago with a monochrome camera QHY5III178m and a 12 nm H-alpha filter:
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