Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6960  ·  The star 52 Cyg  ·  Veil Nebula
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The Witches Boom, Alistair Scobie
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The Witches Boom

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The Witches Boom

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The Witches Broom (NGC6960) in the Western Veil Nebula is an iconic and popular target.
To date, I have never been completely happy with my processed images. Part of this is probably down to over-sharpening from using Topaz Denoise, but I believe the main reason is a blown our 52 Cyg which looks unnatural with no colour.
I revisited my processing and used the latest versions of StarXTerminator and NoiseXTerminator, along with a PIxelmath routine by Bill Blanshan to reduce stars, finishing with some blending in Photoshop.
This is the result.

53 x 300sec Ha
33 x 300sec Oiii

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Description: Minor saturation adjustment of Cyg 52

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The Witches Boom, Alistair Scobie