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[DMJoyce951]

I’ve had this data for a few months and was never completely happy with what I had so I decided to reprocess it today and thought I would share the results. This has always been my favorite nebula

 

 

Taking a second look, maybe I oversaturated the stars but I like them better than the washed out white stars I usually end up with.

 

- H: 100 x 180” (5h)
- R: 45 x 120” (1h 30m)
- G: 45 x 120” (1h 30m)
- B: 45 x 120” (1h 30m)
- 9h 30m Total Integration Time
- Astro-Tech AT72ed
- Celestron AVX
- ZWO asi1600mm pro
- ZWO 30mm guide scope
- ZWO asi224mc (guide camera)
- ZWO AsiAir Plus
- Astro-Tech ATR8 0.8x Focal Reducer/Corrector
- Antlia 3nm Ha & V-series RGB filters

 

[Jlex]

I'm in your camp on the over saturated stars, honestly I wouldn't have noticed without a prompt.  This is a great image, obviously a lot of work involved, the result is obvious!

[DMJoyce951]

I'm in your camp on the over saturated stars, honestly I wouldn't have noticed without a prompt.  This is a great image, obviously a lot of work involved, the result is obvious!

Thanks! I’ve finally reached that point where I’m trying to put in the extra effort on making my stars look decent. BlurXTerminator has helped shrink them down quite a bit here and using arcsihn stretch on the separated stars has helped as well I think.

[DMJoyce951]

I'm in your camp on the over saturated stars, honestly I wouldn't have noticed without a prompt.  This is a great image, obviously a lot of work involved, the result is obvious!

Ah, just noticed you’re in Lexington as well, hi there neighbor!