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Sh2-132 - The Lion Nebula in SHO with RGB stars, Uwe Deutermann
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Sh2-132 - The Lion Nebula in SHO with RGB stars

Revision title: And the "head of the lion" in more details. Not much of a lion anymore 😉

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Sh2-132 - The Lion Nebula in SHO with RGB stars, Uwe Deutermann
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Sh2-132 - The Lion Nebula in SHO with RGB stars

Revision title: And the "head of the lion" in more details. Not much of a lion anymore 😉

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That was a tough decision, which version should be the final? I actually like both the wide field and the closeup. 
I applied my by now almost standard color assignments, experimented a bit with some others, but all of them did not please my subjective eye. Really have to go for some different targets to come up with some different color patterns.
After using now for some time StarXTerminator and Topaz, I can only recommend for everybody to give both of them a try. The artifacts that the StarXTerminator leaves behind can be "easily" removed with Topaz. Before I did a lot of manual work to get rid of them, this new tool combination saves a lot of processing time (not that it was less than 10 hours).
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Title: And the "head of the lion" in more details. Not much of a lion anymore 😉

Description: The closer looks with this camera and scope combination show so many details. And, I am so pleased with the guiding in general. When I think back on how much time I spent fighting guiding issues, makes me cringe. For all beginners: please choose a good mount first, and maybe first a smaller scope. With a good camera and a mount every kind of scope will probably shine!

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Sh2-132 - The Lion Nebula in SHO with RGB stars, Uwe Deutermann