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Rosette Blue Flower in SHO, Will Czaja
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Rosette Blue Flower in SHO

Rosette Blue Flower in SHO, Will Czaja
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Rosette Blue Flower in SHO

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Description

I had a ton of excellent data on this and processing such strong signals was sometimes easy, sometimes challenging. Since the SNR was so good it required almost no noise reduction at all. I applied a slight blur to the linear SII, but no NR to OIII or Ha. Finding the right color balance I was looking for was the difficult. I was hoping to get a brilliant gold and blue. Adding OIII into the Green channel in the PixelMath formula helped a lot to bring out that gold. It was also a challenge to apply the HDR in such a way that it doesn't look unnatural, but also makes the dark structures and highlights pop!

Please let me know if you have any questions on the processing, I'd love to share my workflow for it.

Any critiques are greatly appreciated as always!

Acquisition Details:

3nm Ha: 71X300sec.

3nm OIII: 94X300sec.

7nm SII: 36X300sec.

Total integration time: 16.75 hours

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