Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  NGC 6888  ·  Sh2-105
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Crescent Nebula and Milky Way Stars, KuriousGeorge
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Crescent Nebula and Milky Way Stars

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Crescent Nebula and Milky Way Stars

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This is a more traditional processing of my prior Hubble Palette data...

Hubble Palette Version

...OIII-SII-Ha-RGB with a bit more attention to maintaining the true color of the stars – even within the nebula. (-:

This adds 1800s x 7 OIII subs for a bit smoother and deeper in the OIII region. Also added 1800s x 4 SII. That helped a bit with the subtle coloring in the background.

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    Crescent Nebula and Milky Way Stars, KuriousGeorge
    Original
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  • Final
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Description: Added 1 pixel dust removal to clean up pushed OIII noise artifacts.

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D

Description: Layered starless S and O over RGB. This allowed preserving their natural levels while maintaining the base RGB star color

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Crescent Nebula and Milky Way Stars, KuriousGeorge