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Iris Nebula, Paul Macklin
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Iris Nebula

Iris Nebula, Paul Macklin
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Iris Nebula

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Description

Mobile imaging of the Iris Nebula from a remote parking lot off of Lake Superior in Northern Michigan.

Patient polar alignment let me get 5 hours of 6 minute guided subs on the Star Adventurer. Very excited how well this roadside session turned out! (And while this was imaging, caught auroras on my other camera. What a night!)

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B

Description: Added another 48 x 6 minutes of data and reprocessed. Really excited to see the molecular cloud show up more!

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C

Description: Increased the saturation and vibrance slightly. What do you think?

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D

Description: 2x drizzle to get some more resolution, with a bit better AstroPixelProcessor work.

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E

Description: New processing with a bit less stretch, better crop, and work in a new version of Topaz Denoise AI.

Trying to balance detail on the dark molecular cloud and the bright central nebulosity.

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Iris Nebula, Paul Macklin