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De Mairans nebula - closeup, Thomas
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Revision title: Rework with new ABE settings.

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Revision title: Rework with new ABE settings.

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M42 and M43 are amongst my favorite targets. I wanted to have a closer look at M43 with the TeleVue 2.5x Powermate assuming it would be bright enough. I combined the images with a couple of narrowband subs. The processing was done after removing the stars paying specific attention to the faint nebulas surrounding the main M42 and M43 parts.

55 x 180s, Gain 100
180 x 60s, Gain 100
5 x 420s, Optolong L-enhance, Gain 100
Total:  6h20min

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Title: Rework with new ABE settings.

Description: While in the original version I completely avoided ABE at all (as I found it would cause a kind of greyish wash out in the outer regions of the image) I increased the tolerance for "local rejection" to 1.0. By this the "greyishness" was avoided and colormanagement was much easier. At the end this is a complete rework.

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De Mairans nebula - closeup, Thomas