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IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula [DreamsPlease Palette], Elias
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IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula [DreamsPlease Palette]

IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula [DreamsPlease Palette], Elias
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IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula [DreamsPlease Palette]

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I love the DreamsPlease false color palette for 1 simple reason: Strong and vibrant colors look amazing in this palette.

This image is a partial stack of a larger project I have in mind. I want to collect about 36 hours of the beautiful destination. Right now this image has a little more than 20 hours of data.
Since my edit turned out pretty amazing, I wanted to keep track of it and upload it here.

If you're interested in the DreamsPlease palette, these are the formulas I used for this image (Duo Narrowband):
R=iif(Ha > .15, Ha, (Ha*.8)+(Oiii*.2))
G=iif(Ha > 0.5, 1-(1-Oiii)*(1-(Ha-0.5)), Oiii *(Ha+0.5))
B=iif(Oiii > .1, Oiii, (Ha*.3)+(Oiii*.2))

You need to use curves a bit to get to the final result!

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IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula [DreamsPlease Palette], Elias