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Horsehead Nebula (IC 434), Chris Gnam
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Horsehead Nebula (IC 434)

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Horsehead Nebula (IC 434), Chris Gnam
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Horsehead Nebula (IC 434)

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Description

I've wanted to shoot this target for such a long time but it never seemed to work out.  I'm happy I was finally able to get it!

I was only able to get about 11 hours on the target, which is the longest I've ever done for a single project before, but I'm really hoping to start pushing into way higher integration times moving forward.  I'm so happy with these results!

Processing Details:
PixInsight:
  • WeightedBatchPreprocessing (Calibration, Registration, and Stacking)
  • AutomaticBackgroundExtractor
  • ScreenTransferFunction + HistogramTransformation (Stretching)
  • ChannelCombination (combining 3 channels SHO -> RGB)
  • SCNR (to dial back the green)
  • CurvesTransformation (some minor tweaks to the colors and further stretching)

LightRoom:
  • Increase in vibrance/saturation
  • Boost contrast
  • Noise reduction and Color Noise reduction
  • Slightly bumped Dehaze
  • Crop

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Horsehead Nebula (IC 434), Chris Gnam