Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7380
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The Wizard Nebula in Modified SHO, Alex Roberts
The Wizard Nebula in Modified SHO
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The Wizard Nebula in Modified SHO

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The Wizard Nebula in Modified SHO, Alex Roberts
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The Wizard Nebula in Modified SHO

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I used a modified SHO formula for the color mix.

Red = 50% Ha + 50% SII
Green = 25% Ha + 25% SII + 50% OIII
Blue = 100% OIII

I prefer this blend a little better for most Hubble Palette narrowband targets I image these days.  

The stars were removed with StarXTerminator, so the nebula and stars were processed separately.  The Ha stars and Ha starless images served as luminace layers prior to combininig the SHO stars and SHO starless images in PixelMath.

This formula works pretty well for bringing the stars back in to make the final image:

combine (Starless, Stars, op_screen())

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The Wizard Nebula in Modified SHO, Alex Roberts