Soul Nebula, Sh2-199 (jewzaam)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas) · Contains: HD16778 · HD16894 · HD17086 · HD17356 · HD17505 · HD17520 · HD17688 · HD17911 · HD17971 · HD18152 · HD18294 · HD18326 · HD18337 · HD18352 · HD18458 · HD18473 · HD18766 · HD18767 · HD18877 · HD18963 · HD19009 · HD236989 · HD237000 · HD237007 · HD237011 · HD237015 · HD237016 · HD237018 · HD237019 · HD237023 · And 17 more.

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Soul Nebula, Sh2-199

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Soul Nebula, Sh2-199

Originally tried getting Soul Nebula as part of a 2x2 mosaic with Heart Nebula. It was a mistake as I was still getting all the issues sorted out with new gear (camera, filter wheel, filters, monochrome in general). I ditched the mosaic plan and decided to focus on each object separately. Especially Soul Nebula!

I love the structure of this and wish I could get in closer to the Galactic Hiker. I'm very happy that I can get it at all as it's just a neat structure. I think I have sorted out the main imaging issues including refining of the adjustable flattener (really dislike it!). I love the result! Hope you enjoy as well

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Description: Tweaked this a good bit with when I apply various processes. In this version I popped out with the SHO image to Affinity Photo for selective color then brought back to PixInsight. The next big change is before HDR I extract stars and don't add then back until after blending HDR and then applying all curves. This ensures no bloat and reduces number of times I might remove stars (I was doing it before HDR, adding back before blending, then removing again after curves).

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Description: Dropped use of Affinity Photo and blended SHO and Foraxx SHO 50/50 for the basis of the image.

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Description: 19+ more hours makes a big difference.

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Description: Bit more S2 data. Was aiming for about 10 hrs each but this may be good enough..

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Description: Quick first attempt colorizing narrowband channels before SHO combination. I like it! Will have to use it more to figure out the right balance but has a lot of potential.

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	9178056
PixInsight job	NAQAU6DUNRD5V7L9QHC5R0CM80GPICWM
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	02h55m15s.33
RA (top/left)	03h07m50s.57
RA (top/right)	02h42m54s.40
RA (bottom/right)	02h43m23s.79
RA (bottom/left)	03h06m54s.62

Dec (center)	+60°28′42″.0
Dec (top/left)	+61°23′33″.5
Dec (top/right)	+61°25′58″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	+59°29′40″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+59°27′20″.9

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