Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  Bubble Nebula  ·  NGC 7635
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NGC7635 - Bubble Nebula - SHO - ED127, scottacrosby
NGC7635 - Bubble Nebula - SHO - ED127
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NGC7635 - Bubble Nebula - SHO - ED127

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NGC7635 - Bubble Nebula - SHO - ED127

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Notes:
NGC7635 - Bubble Nebula in SHO. I took this image over multiple nights in October and November of 2021 with my ED127 at 952mm. This is all of the data I could grab for this year. I'll try to add more data next year and see if I can make it cleaner and sharper.

Equipment:  
Imaging Telescopes: ED127 Air-Spaced Triplet Apochromatic Refractor ed127
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI2600 MM Pro
Mounts: iOptron CEM70 with iPolar
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Astromania 60mm Guidescope
Guiding cameras: ASI174 MM mini
Software: Astro Pixel Processor by Aries Astro Pixel Processor,  PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight,  ZWO Asiair Asiair,  Lightroom CC
Software: PixInsight by Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight,  AsiairPro,  Lightroom CC,  Astro Pixel Processor
Filters: ZWO ASI SII 7nm · ZWO OIII 7nm 2" · Zwo Ha 7nm
Accessory: ZWO Electronic Focuser,  ZWO EFW, 2in Filter Wheel ZWO EFW 2" Filter Whee,   Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Micro

Frames:
ZWO ASI SII 7nm: 11x300" (55') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1
ZWO OIII 7nm 2": 54x300" (4h 30') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1
Zwo Ha 7nm: 33x300" (2h 45') (gain: 100.00) -10C bin 1x1
Integration:
8h 10'
Flats:
30
Bias:
120
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
5.00

Astrobin Link:
https://astrob.in/azi88g/0/


Astro Pixel Processor Workflow for each set; HA, SII, OIII:
0) Defaults
1. Single Session Processing: Sorting frames: quality
2. Checked create 32-bit Masters
3. 1000 stars
4. Defaults
5. Defaults
6. Lights to stack 90%, integrate Average, filter Winsorized Rejection, LNC Degree. 2nd degree, x2 Drizzle

PixInsight Workflow:
Dynamic crop
EZ Denoise
No Dynamic Background Extraction; Too Much Nebulosity
Combined Ha, SII, and OIII into an RGB image
Red:
SII
Green:
(Ha*.8)+(SII*.2)
Blue:
O_III

Conservative Masked Stretch, Background Neutralization, Color Calibration, SCNR Green 50%
StarXterminator to make Stars and Starless images
Curves Transformation on Starless for saturation and contrast using color masks
Rangemask and Unsharp Mask on Starless to enhance brighter structures
Dark structure enhance script on Starless
Convolution on Stars image to smooth out the stars slightly
Curves Transformation on Stars Image for saturation and contrast
Create final version using PixelMath stars+Starless
Save Image as 16 bit TIFF for LightRoom

Lightroom:
Slight Exposure increase
Increase Whites slightly
Noise reduction
Additional Color Balance via Tone Curve
Luminescence adjustment via HSL

Topaz DeNoise to remove some leftover noise from the final image

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NGC7635 - Bubble Nebula - SHO - ED127, scottacrosby