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Soul Nebula - IC1848 from Bortle 9 sky, Andres Salaverria
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Revision title: Soul Nebula - IC1848 from Bortle 9 sky

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Soul Nebula - IC1848 from Bortle 9 sky

Revision title: Soul Nebula - IC1848 from Bortle 9 sky

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Description

5 hours and 8 minutes with the Askar Fra500, ZWO ASI294MC, Optolong L-Extreme on the Rainbow RST-135. Used the ASIAir Pro for targeting, tracking, etc. What a nifty device. Highly recommend it! Processed in AstroPixel Processor (stacking, cropping, and light pollution removal). Then PixInsight. First try at the BlurXterminator. Photometric Color Calibration followed by Archsin Stretch and Histogram Transformation from STF. Maybe a bit much. What do you think? Please critique.

I like how it looks like a little gremlin monster or something ...

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  • Soul Nebula - IC1848 from Bortle 9 sky, Andres Salaverria
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Title: Soul Nebula - IC1848 from Bortle 9 sky

Description: Stacked in APP. Then used PI for automatic background extractor, followed by the BlurXterminator, Photometric color calibration and a combination of arcsin stretch with histogram transformation. Played a little in PS with the curve and finished it using Topaz. I think it looks better than the previous version.

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Title: Soul Nebula - IC1848 from Bortle 9 sky

Description: Third iteration. Instead of Topaz DN, I used NoiseXterminator in PI, and then enhanced contrast using Curves adjustment in PS.

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Soul Nebula - IC1848 from Bortle 9 sky, Andres Salaverria