NGC7380, the Wizard Nebula in Hubble Palette with RGB Stars (wadeh237)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: HD215588 · HD215605 · HD215771 · HD215806 · HD215835 · HD215907 · HD216248 · HD240047 · HD240068 · LBN 506 · LBN 511 · LDN 1200 · NGC 7380 · PK107-00.1 · Sh2-142 · Sh2-143

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NGC7380, the Wizard Nebula in Hubble Palette with RGB Stars

Revision title: Edit to boost contrast

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NGC7380, the Wizard Nebula in Hubble Palette with RGB Stars

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This is the NGC7380, the Wizard Nebula in Cepheus.

It's the first complete project for my latest camera, an ASI2600MM Pro with Chroma 36mm filters. I've imaged this on a few times, with other camera camera setups, and usually render it in RGB, with some narrow band to enhance the nebulosity. In this case, I chose the Hubble palette, blended with RGB stars.

The equipment was as follows:

Telescope: Astro-Physics AP130GTX
Camera: ASI2600MM Pro with Chroma filters (3nm narrow band)
Mount: Astro-Physics AP1600GTO-AE, unguided
Capture Software: NINA

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Title: Edit to boost contrast

Description: Some of the feedback that I've received on the initial version suggested that it would benefit from a contrast boost.

I struggled with this in the original version. In that one, I opted to emphasize the fainter nebulosity at the expense of contrast and color saturation. In this new version, I used CurvesTransformation to make a very slight increase in the contrast. It boosts the saturation and makes the overall image more striking in general. I did lose some of the background nebulosity, but there are always trade-offs.

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RA (center)	22h47m18s.600
RA (top/left)	22h51m09s.114
RA (top/right)	22h43m26s.627
RA (bottom/right)	22h43m36s.300
RA (bottom/left)	22h50m59s.999

Dec (center)	+58°07′57″.37
Dec (top/left)	+58°53′06″.44
Dec (top/right)	+58°53′07″.35
Dec (bottom/right)	+57°22′21″.34
Dec (bottom/left)	+57°22′23″.23

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