Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7380  ·  PK107-00.1  ·  Sh2-142  ·  Sh2-143
The Wizard Nebula, 



    
        

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The Wizard Nebula

The Wizard Nebula, 



    
        

            lefty7283
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The Wizard Nebula

Acquisition details

Dates:
Aug. 9, 2020 ·  Aug. 16, 2020 ·  Aug. 26, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon Ha 31mm 5nm: 24×600(4h) (gain: 139.00) -15°C
Astrodon OIII 31mm 3nm: 24×600(4h) (gain: 139.00) -15°C
Astrodon SII 31mm 5nm: 22×600(3h 40′) (gain: 139.00) -15°C
Integration:
11h 40′
Darks:
30
Flats:
30
Avg. Moon age:
18.36 days
Avg. Moon phase:
45.73%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
6.00

RA center: 22h47m12s.178

DEC center: +58°0157.71

Pixel scale: 0.762 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 29.910 degrees

Field radius: 0.990 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 7485x5613

File size: 45.6 MB

Data source: Backyard

Description

[The last time I photographed this nebula was in 2018](https://www.reddit.com/r/astrophotography/comments/a8erew/ngc_7380_the_wizard_nebula/). I'd consider this an improvement. I fiddled around with some new false color combinations on this so any constructive criticism is appreciated. Also made a [time lapse of my telescope photographing this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLU4TH0KEVo) (the clouds didn't affect things too much). Captured on August 9th 16th, and 26th, 2020 from a Bortle 6 zone.

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**PixInsight Processing:**

* BatchPreProcessing

* SubframeSelector

* StarAlignment

* [Blink](https://youtu.be/sJeuWZNWImE?t=40)

* ImageIntegration

* DrizzleIntegration (2x, VarK=1.5)

**Linear:**

* DynamicCrop

* DynamicBackgroundExtraction

* Deconvolution (Ha only)

* [EZ Denoise](https://darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/) (Ha only)

* STF applied via HistogramTransformation to bring each channel nonlinear

**Combining Channels:**

* PixelMath to make classic SHO to RGB image

* Green completely nuked using SCNR

* Pixelmath to make RGB image using ForaxX's palette

> R= (Oiii^~Oiii)*Sii + ~(Oiii^~Oiii)*Ha

> G= ((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Ha + ~((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Oiii

> B= Oiii

* Pixelmath to blend classic and ForaxX SHO images 50:50

**Nonlinear:**

* LRGBCombination using stretched Ha as luminance

* shitloads of [curve](https://i.imgur.com/c9jUDPw.jpg)transformations to adjust lightness, saturation, contract, hues, etc (some with luminance and yellow color masks)

* HistogramTransformation (lower black point)

* ACDNR

* LocalHistogramTransformation

* EZ Star Reduction

* DarkStructureEnhance

* More Curves

* MMT noise reduction

* Resample to 85%

* Annotation

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