Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2146
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NGC 2146 in Camelopardalis, Greg Nelson
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NGC 2146 in Camelopardalis

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NGC 2146 in Camelopardalis, Greg Nelson
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NGC 2146 in Camelopardalis

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Another galaxy processed that was acquired three months ago. I have to say that the GHS stretch utility has revolutionized my processing of galaxies. A careful stretch of the Luminance channel starts my process to bring out the details I want, using two or three iterations with different stretch points and shadow and hi light protection points. Then, doing a GHS Color stretch of the RGB image again with two or three iterations to get the target color intensity. Then the Lum Channel is inserted to the RGB and the final sharpening, and tweaking of black point, saturation, etc begins. Maybe it's just practice in this processing marathon, but I feel I am getting more consistent in galaxy processing.

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NGC 2146 in Camelopardalis, Greg Nelson