Starless or Stars? Love or Hate? NGC7000 and IC5070 (Chris White- Overcast Observatory)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 56 Cyg · 57 Cyg · B355 · IC 5070 · NGC 6989 · NGC 6997 · NGC 7000 · North America Nebula · Pelican Nebula · Sh2-117 · The star 56Cyg · The star 57Cyg

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Starless or Stars? Love or Hate? NGC7000 and IC5070

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Well, I decided to throw back to one of my first ever DSO targets from 2016. I find that I am bouncing between super challenging targets and super easy targets, and decided to give this one a go.

I have long been anti-starless.... as I kind of hate the look. But, I decided to give it a fair try and see what I could do, so I processed both a stars and starless version. I'm still not sure where I land on the stars vs starless debate, but I will at least concede that I hate to say I kind of love both?

Love or Hate? What's your preference?

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Description: Here is the "stars" version in entirety...

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Description: Here is the starless...

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Description: On this revision I dialed the stars back just a touch using MT, like I normally would. I think I prefer this version the best out of the three. It's subtle, and mostly noticeable when viewed in fit-screen... but I think it puts the emphasis on the nebula without giving it a "painting" look like the starless.

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	3885345
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RA (center)	20h55m38s.72
RA (top/left)	21h03m51s.71
RA (top/right)	20h47m11s.75
RA (bottom/right)	20h47m43s.65
RA (bottom/left)	21h03m46s.67

Dec (center)	+44°13′23″.7
Dec (top/left)	+45°20′03″.4
Dec (top/right)	+45°16′49″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	+43°04′31″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+43°07′46″.2

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