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Flying Dragon NGC1333, Jonathan Young
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Flying Dragon NGC1333

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Flying Dragon NGC1333

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Description

NCG1333 in Perseus - Zoomed in Crop.

Blue dragon or Purple?

28 hrs from a bortle 5 site and still not enough.

9/28
44 x 180s L
24 x 180s x RGB

9/29
78 x 180s L
21 x 180s x RGB

9/30
44 x 300s L
15 x 300s RGB

10/1
25 x 600s L
15 x 600s Ha

Stacked in Siril.   Background extraction prior to registration.   Linear Fit Clipping Sigma = 9  resulting in 0.15% rejection.

Rev G: (Final)
Processed in Startools 
Compost mode L,RGBHa
bin 2x2 crop
Develop 95.5%, 5% BG. 2.7 dark filter.
Contrast 40% strength, dark dyn range 33
HDR 500 pixels, 1.2 str
Sharp, mask medium scale, 400%, 75/25 dark/light
color CEILab, artistic, identity. Full light/dark saturation, cap green 50, 6 pix highlight
Isolate structure - 90%
Saturate structure - 200%
denoise 2.7 pixels blur.

Touchup in Lightroom +1/3 stop exposure, noise reduction 20, clarity, haze, texture +5
hue/warmth tweak, reduce yellow/green sat, increase purple, red , blue sat, global saturation +20, vibrance +40.

(no Topaz)

for reference:
REV A (partial results, 3 days and no Ha) & REV E additional tweaks in Topaz.  
30% Weight AI clear adjust HDR.   AI clear 67% weight with mask (67% LUM, 30% range)

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  • Flying Dragon NGC1333, Jonathan Young
    Original
  • Flying Dragon NGC1333, Jonathan Young
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  • Flying Dragon NGC1333, Jonathan Young
    G
  • Final
    Flying Dragon NGC1333, Jonathan Young
    H

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Flying Dragon NGC1333, Jonathan Young

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