Another Brick in the Wall: NA & Pelican Nebula Mosaic (NB Color Mapper)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 62 Cyg · IC 5068 · IC 5070 · NGC 6989 · NGC 6997 · NGC 7000 · North America Nebula · Pelican Nebula · The star 55 Cyg · The star 56 Cyg · The star 57 Cyg · The star ξ Cyg

Another Brick in the Wall: NA & Pelican Nebula Mosaic (NB Color Mapper), Bill Long - Dark Matters Astrophotography

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Another Brick in the Wall: NA & Pelican Nebula Mosaic (NB Color Mapper)

Yet another one of those images that never came out right that I turned to NB Color Mapper to help with, and again it delivered.

In the past, almost any combination I tried would result in the OIII section in the middle being dominated by crushing blue tones that not only caused the green in the image to largely disappear, but it also overshadowed the other gasses layered in the central region. I also see a lot of images online that are forced to be extremely blue that lose all context in the central region of its diversity, which is quite visible in the raw masters.

With this process I was able to maintain the teal-like green as well as support the other gasses contributing to the central region. Another thing I worked on here was to ensure the Wall retained its yellow-ish tone, instead of being overpowered by the HA signal. Otherwise it ends up as a single ton of color for the wall and the outer regions, which I wanted to specifically avoid.

The burnt cream reddish-orange is intended here, and I think it adds a dramatic flair to the overall image that is not too over the top. I wanted to keep it from going HOO levels of red, and I think that was accomplished well. I know green is not everyone's cup of tea, but I think the teal has some merit in the image. Feel free to let me know.

The image is a 4 panel mosaic, of almost 10 hours per panel. That is a little light on overall integration, but thankfully I had the reducer on the AP 130GTX, so it was operating at F4.5.

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Description: Removed red cast on the image, increased blue contribution as a result.

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