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California Nebula, Alex Ranous
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California Nebula

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California Nebula, Alex Ranous
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California Nebula

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Another SHO with RGB stars.  I'm using the beta test of the StarXTerminator plugin for PixInsight, which is a lot better than starnet.  I debated orienting this upright ala a map of California, but I don't really like these skinny aspect ratio images in a portrait orientation and I don't want to crop, so on its back it is.

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Description: While looking for something to do while I wait for the weather to improve and getting back to imaging, I decided to tweak this one. Toned down the green a bit and shifted to a bit more reddish.

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Description: I'm starting a mosaic of the California, and was going to blend in data from this image to that, and noticed looking over the data that there were some crappy subs that slipped into the original, so I decided to redo it without the bad subs. I wanted to have better contrast and show more drama, though I lost a bit of the OIII in the process.

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California Nebula, Alex Ranous