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This is a 6 hour stack. One of my goals was to get a shot of heart nebula because of the major changes in my life due to my previous bicuspid valve. Also in the photo at the top is the Soul Nebula and hanging off of the heart is Fish Head Nebula. Tony

Posted last nights shot of Seagull Nebulahttps://app.astrobin.com/i/9tvamp 7 hour capture.

Man this is weird how it duplicated shot of my rig

https://app.astrobin.com/i/2ndfck Redid Andromeda managed about 5 hours acquisition .

Yes main camera the 533 or 2600 I have set to cool to -20 degrees F

Guide camera is an asi 174mm mini . I got it because of the high gain I can use if fainter stars are less visible.

I use affinity software for stacking.

The square frame are taken with an ASI533MC Pro, 9 megapixel sensor made by ZWO. The rectangular sensor is the ASI2600MC Pro, 26 megapixel sensor.

Wanted to post some wintertime objects: The great Orion Nebula with the Running Man. https://astrob.in/8spiw7/B/

1st time I linked a shot with setup I have been using. Astrophotography is an evolving practice for me.

Rosette Nebula

This is a re-shoot of M17,Omega,Swan nebula shot with my Evostar 120 telescope guided 5 minute exposures x 15 stacked and processed in Affinity. I don’t know about the relaxation but it’s fun shooting shots.

Absolutely, less is better if you can do it. I am glad I have my native vessel and how it will respond to normal physiologic stresses. Replace that segment and you lose some neurological connections that can affect your ability to respond in heart rate, vaso constriction/dilation, etc..

Found indications for repair in UpToDate condition Aneurysm diameter* Sporadic (not associated with disease below) Ascending ≥5.5 cm >5.0 cm (ACOE and low operative risk) Isolated arch aneurysm ≥5.5 cm Marfan syndrome (MFS), familial thoracic aortic aneurysm/dissection (FTAAD)...