NGC6357 (Lobster Nebula) (silversilk)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Scorpius (Sco) · Contains: NGC 6357 · the War and Peace Nebula

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NGC6357 (Lobster Nebula)

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NGC6357 (Lobster Nebula)

The weather has been tough as of late so I have spent the time going back to old data to see what I can do with my updated workflow. Here is a data set that I grabbed last year summer time. I have played with the data a few times but was never quite happy enough to post. Again with the L-Extreme I struggled with color range in the nebula and stars. This was with my older hyperstar system so you can see that the star shapes are all over the place. I again used a blend method with SPCC and the Autocolor script within Pixinsight. The AC script seems to pull out more of the blues in regions where I would expect them to be. SPCC tends to overpower with Reds everywhere. I took both and blended with a mask to keep the reds in tact where desired, but push more blues and lighter colors in the core. This target is definitely on my radar this upcoming year as I am excited to see what I can grab with my new setup.

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