Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Serpens (Ser)  ·  Contains:  M 5  ·  NGC 5904
M5 - Rose Cluster, Kyle Butler
M5 - Rose Cluster
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M5 - Rose Cluster

M5 - Rose Cluster, Kyle Butler
M5 - Rose Cluster
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M5 - Rose Cluster

Equipment

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Acquisition details

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Description

Exposure Details
57x 60s L (Atik Low Gain Preset, bin 1x1)
23x 90s R (Atik Low Gain Preset, bin 1x1)
23x 90s G (Atik Low Gain Preset, bin 1x1)
23x 90s B (Atik Low Gain Preset, bin 1x1)
2.5 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
EZ Processing Suite EZDenoise on Luminance channel
Combined RGB using ChannelCombination
BackgroundNeutralization, ColorCalibration, and SCNR on RGB image
Stretched L and RGB to non-linear using HistogramTransformation
Added L to RGB using LRGBCombination with Chrominance noise reduction enabled
ColorSaturation with masking
CurvesTransformation
ACDNR to remove colour noise
Final noise reduction and local contrast enhancement in Photoshop

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M5 - Rose Cluster, Kyle Butler