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The Tadpoles (IC 410), Spyder (IC417), and Fly (NGC 1931), Jim Raskett
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The Tadpoles (IC 410), Spyder (IC417), and Fly (NGC 1931)

Revision title: Less Magenta/Less Contrast

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The Tadpoles (IC 410), Spyder (IC417), and Fly (NGC 1931), Jim Raskett
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The Tadpoles (IC 410), Spyder (IC417), and Fly (NGC 1931)

Revision title: Less Magenta/Less Contrast

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First time imaging any of these targets.Great night out with the scope after six weeks of poor weather (its back again). Guiding was super as was DEC backlash (0 +/- 77ms as measured by PHD2). Just a fine and fun night!I hope that the framing is pleasant. It was challenging to capture all three nebulae in one square frame. I needed 70 degrees and measured crudely with masking tape to get close.Ended up at 69.55!
Captured with N.I.N.A. and processed in Pixinsight and Adobe Photoshop CC Camera Raw. I used all of Russell Crowman’s tools (except GradientXTerminator).BlurXTerminator is applied with defaults. Deconvolving the nebulosity is amazing and quick. Deconvolving the stars is just awesome!

Comments and critique very welcome!

Jim

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  • The Tadpoles (IC 410), Spyder (IC417), and Fly (NGC 1931), Jim Raskett
    Original
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  • The Tadpoles (IC 410), Spyder (IC417), and Fly (NGC 1931), Jim Raskett
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    The Tadpoles (IC 410), Spyder (IC417), and Fly (NGC 1931), Jim Raskett
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Title: First HOO Version

Description: I employed Bill Blanshan's HOO pixelmath process and moved to Curves for final adjustments.

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Title: HOO Version 2

Description: More traditional HOO coloration. Used channel extraction, additional stretching on the green channel (HT and Curves) to match the intensity/contrast of the red channel. Combined using LRGB Combination in Pixinsight.

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Title: Less Magenta/Less Contrast

Description: Just a different take on the data

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The Tadpoles (IC 410), Spyder (IC417), and Fly (NGC 1931), Jim Raskett