Cygnus - ‘tickled pink’. (Tom Gray)

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I have waited a long time for dark, transparent Bortle 2 skies - what a joy and privilege! My laptop was so intrusive, and I had to dim this with a a red filter so I could enjoy the starry canopy stretching over my head.

I have attempted to add some colour to my Ha image of the NorthAmerican and Pelican nebulae using an Optolong L-eNhance filter to try and sharpen the L frames and RGB colour filters. The nebulosity shows up well, but the stars are a mess. Not everyone likes the pink/magenta colour of ionised H+, although this is a more accurate rendition than deep red.

Captured in Envisage, aligned and stacked in ASTAP and processed in Startools 1.8 alpha. A rough polar alignment and no guiding was needed for these short exposures using an 85mm zoom lens at f4.There are just so many stars in this region, I attempted to push these back to show off the nebulosity, introducing artefacts and struggling to control the glow. Transparency was excellent, but seeing deteriorated over the night, and stars in my blue frames were bloated. Despite this, I was ‘tickled pink’ to be out under the stars again, dram in hand, enjoying a bright Milky Way meandering through the summer constellations.

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RA (center)	20h55m26s.3
RA (top/left)	21h06m04s.0
RA (top/right)	20h43m00s.3
RA (bottom/right)	20h45m43s.1
RA (bottom/left)	21h06m41s.0

Dec (center)	+44°48′44″
Dec (top/left)	+47°28′03″
Dec (top/right)	+47°15′12″
Dec (bottom/right)	+42°04′30″
Dec (bottom/left)	+42°16′36″

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