From the Flame to the Sword

A few months ago, i picked up an Optolong Dual band filter for imaging in my light polluted back yard. Last night was the first time I had a chance to try it out. Its the Optolong L-Enhance. I've got to say I'm impressed with what this can do under light polluted skies.

Pentax K-1 and William Optics Whitecat 51

35x150sec and 2x460sec
ISO 1600

Losmandy G-11
Unguided

Stacked in Sequator and finished in Capture 1

Wowzors!

Audience: "HOW LIGHT POLLUTED IS IT?"
Craigbob: "It's so light polluted that my K-5's sensor is back-illuminated!" <Rimshot> "It's so light polluted that I can feed the gremlins at night!" <Rimshot>...

LOL Here's a light pollution map of where I live

Light pollution map

Very impressive. Is the blue blob in the middle a reflection of one of the brighter stars off the filter?

Yes I belive it may be a reflection of either Alnitak or Alnilam.

At worst it is still better than mine but not by much. I know your pain.

How does Sequator compare vs Deep Sky Stacker?

I use Sequator for my Nightscapes as I want to not move the foreground. But not heard of people using it for pure star photos.

Start calling you "Optalong Cassidy."

When you say "Losmandy G-11 Unguided," does that mean you just took the pictures using the Losmandy as an ultra-stable tripod, or it was tracking with visual alignment, but no guidescope?

Yes the Losmandy G-11 was polar aligned and tracking but not guided.