Fighting Dragons of Ara - Natural Narrowband Palette (Liam Davies)

Fighting Dragons of Ara - Natural Narrowband Palette

The stunning Dragons of Ara in Natural Narrowband Colour. This is a gorgeous area of the sky, and it’s super strong in all narrowband channels. This image was combined with a mix of Dynamic SHO and a natural blend of SII and Ha for the blue channel.

Integration Time: 13.75 Hours

51x 5min H-alpha
44x 5min OIII
52x 5min SII
60x 30s R
60x 30s G
60x 30s B

Software Used: NINA, PixInsight, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise

Processing:

Calibrate, register and stack data, winsorized sigma clipping
Dynamic Background Extraction On Ha, OIII and SII
Colour Combination - R: (Oiii^~Oiii)*Sii + ~(Oiii^~Oiii)*Ha G: ((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Ha + ~((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Oiii B: Oiii*0.55 + Ha*0.45
Run StarnetV2 and create starmask
Enhance starless detail with high-pass filter
Deconvolute Main Layer
Apply Topaz Denoise layer at 50% opacity (reduces false details)
Re-add stars, use levels to reduce intensity
Crop and export

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Other
Unknown

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