Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7380
NGC 7380 - The Wizard Nebula, Kyle Butler
NGC 7380 - The Wizard Nebula
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NGC 7380 - The Wizard Nebula

NGC 7380 - The Wizard Nebula, Kyle Butler
NGC 7380 - The Wizard Nebula
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NGC 7380 - The Wizard Nebula

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Description

Exposure Details

30x 300s Ha (111 gain, 10 offset)

30x 300s OII (111 gain, 10 offset)

30x 300s SII (111 gain, 10 offset)

7.5 hours total integration time

Processing

Processed each channel individually

Frames calibrated and stacked in PixInsight, drizzle 2x

DynamicBackgroundExtraction on each channel

MultiscaleLinearTransform noise reduction on each channel w/ Luminance mask

Stretched each channel to non-linear using ArcsinhStretch + HistogramTransformationFunction

Combined channels using PixelMath (Red = Ha, Blue = Oxygen, Green = Sulphur)

ColorSaturation with masking

CurvesTransformation

Minor final touch ups in photoshop (Selective colour to fix magenta stars, local constrast enhancement, noise reduction)

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NGC 7380 - The Wizard Nebula, Kyle Butler