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California Nebula, Craig Calvert
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California Nebula

California Nebula, Craig Calvert
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California Nebula

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Red (H-alpha emission band) is the dominant color in the stacked image before processing. The blue/green color (Oiii emission band) is faint and concentrated only in the blue and yellow areas of this processed image.  The intensity of these blue and green colors were  intensified during processing by extracting the blue and green channels in PixInsight, applying these extracted channels as  masks, and then reducing the intensity of the red color in the unmasked areas.  I explain the process using the Jellyfish Nebula in this video: https://youtu.be/ISDFtpBKyrA

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California Nebula, Craig Calvert