Veil Nebula - A difference in Processing (Michael Wagner)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: IC 1340 · NGC 6960 · NGC 6979 · NGC 6992 · NGC 6995 · The star 52 Cyg · Veil Nebula

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Veil Nebula - A difference in Processing

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I took a large 6 panel mosaic of the Veil over the course of 2021-2022. When I initially processed this data I was using StarTools as my main post processing tool and it generally worked really well. At the time integrating Starnet++ was something you had to do manually and getting it to work on my Mac was sometimes a challenger.

This year I decided to give Pixinsight another try, after doing the trial in 2016 and not really taking to it. This time however I was intrigued by the new batch of AI tools, so I decided to get out my Pixinsight book and go through it, processing the mosaic "by the book" instead of just a stretch and quick NR.

I've included my original file, the stars overwhelm the image, and though at the time I really liked it, i really wanted to see the nebulosity. Taking star exterminator to the image really amazed me - I didn't know my ASI1600 could capture so much detail it was amazing. So I managed to reduce the stars a significant amount and really bring out the nebula.

Seeing this, I want to hit this target again this year - there are some places whereI had more noise than I wanted and I could not get rid of it, some extra mosaic panels should help clear that up.

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Title: Veil Nebula - A difference in Processing a step in the right direction

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