Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1296  ·  M 57  ·  NGC 6720  ·  Ring Nebula
M57 - The Ring Nebula, Kyle Butler
M57 - The Ring Nebula
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M57 - The Ring Nebula

M57 - The Ring Nebula, Kyle Butler
M57 - The Ring Nebula
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M57 - The Ring Nebula

Equipment

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Acquisition details

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Description

Exposure Details

150x 90s Lum (53 Gain, 10 Offset, Bin 1x1)

50x 30s each of RBG (53 Gain, 10 Offset, Bin 2x2)

50x Darks and flats for calibration

5 hours total integration time

Processing

Processed each channel individually

Frames calibrated and stacked in PixInsight, drizzle 2x

DBE on each channel

MLT noise reduction on each channel

Combined RBG using ChannelCombination

BackgroundNeutralization and ColorCalibration

Stretched RGB using HistogramTransformation

Stretched L using a combination of HistogramTransformation and custom CurvesTransformation to try to maintain maximum contrast in the nebula

Add Luminance to RBG

Final minor CurvesTransformation and ColourSaturation

Comments

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M57 - The Ring Nebula, Kyle Butler