Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  13 Gem)  ·  7 Gem)  ·  Calx (μ Gem  ·  Gem A  ·  IC 443  ·  IC 444  ·  M 35  ·  Monkey Head Nebula  ·  NGC 2158  ·  NGC 2168  ·  NGC 2174  ·  Part of the constellation Gemini (Gem)  ·  Praepes (η Gem  ·  Tejat Posterior  ·  Tejat Prior  ·  The star 1 Gem  ·  The star 141 Tau  ·  The star 3 Gem  ·  The star 5 Gem  ·  The star 6 Gem  ·  The star 68 Ori  ·  The star 8 Gem  ·  The star 9 Gem  ·  The star Propus  ·  The star Tejat
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Twin's Foot (widefield), Scott Denning
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Twin's Foot (widefield)

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Twin's Foot (widefield)

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Description

IC443, M35, Foot of Castor in Gemini
Samyang 135 w ASI2600mc pro on 10Micron GM1000 mount
Jan 27-30 2024
541x30s RGB (IDAS HEUIB) + 337x180s (IDAS NBZ)
WBPP on NBZ and HEUIB separately
Drizzled 2x so image scale is 3 arcsec/pixel
Cropped to emphasize targets and reduce image size

Standard postprocessing of NB and RGB separately:
SPCC, BXT, SXT, NXT
Histogram stretch of NB/RGB starless and RGB stars
Sat boost, curves, HDRMT, and LHE on both starless images
New ImageBlend script to combine two starless images 
Sat boost on RGB stars
Screen combine RGB stars with blended stareless image
Star Reduction (very soft) on combined image
Final tweaks in PixelMator Pro to emphasize nebulae

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Twin's Foot (widefield), Scott Denning