Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
SH2-129 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebula, Kyle Butler
SH2-129 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebula
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SH2-129 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebula

SH2-129 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebula, Kyle Butler
SH2-129 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebula
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SH2-129 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebula

Equipment

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Acquisition details

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Description

Subs
40x 600s Ha (Atik Med Gain Preset, bin 1x1)
50x 300s OIII (Atik Med Gain Preset, bin 1x1)
30x 600s SII (Atik Med Gain Preset, bin 1x1)
15.8 hours total integration time


Processing
Processed each channel individually
Frames calibrated and stacked in PixInsight, drizzle 2x
DynamicCrop to trim borders from dithering
DynamicBackgroundExtraction on each channel
NoiseXTerminator on each channel
Lightly stretch each channel to non-linear using HistogramTransformation
Combined using PixelMath (H, O/S, O/S)
CurvesTransformation to stretch it further
Star reduction with MorphologicalTransformation
ColorSaturation with careful masking
Final noise reduction and local contrast enhancement in Photoshop

Comments

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SH2-129 - Flying Bat and Squid Nebula, Kyle Butler