The North American Nebula Meets 2012 vs 2016 Electoral Map (Space Art) (RGB+BGR+GRB+Lum combination) (Brandon Tackett)

The North American Nebula Meets 2012 vs 2016 Electoral Map (Space Art) (RGB+BGR+GRB+Lum combination)

What will 2020 yield? I don’t know and feel trapped in the middle, but what I do know is I plan to complete a 2020 electoral college version.

I recently completed my RGB image of NGC 7000 and was curious if I could make an accurate representation of the 2020 electoral results. I decided to complete a map of the 2016 results. After completing the 2016 results, I choose to make 2012 version to be politically equitable.

I used the base RGB image (natural color) with red predominance. I then created a second image, but mapped the red channel to blue, green to green, and blue to red. This gave me a BGR image that I used clone stamp to place onto my original for the blue electoral states. This process replaces the initial image with the blue predominance to the exact pixel providing a new bicolor image true to initial image but with a different color pattern.

Next, I mapped the green to the red channel, red to green, and blue to blue. I then applied my SHO/ Hubble palate to this image to get a golden color to represent Canada and Mexico again using clone stamp to map to my original image.

Finally, I created a luminance image and used clone stamp to transfer the grayscale to the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and the Great Lakes.

I hope everyone enjoys a little space art.

Technical card

Imaging telescopes or lenses: Celestron RASA 8"

Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI 294MC PRO

Mounts: Celestron CGX

Guiding telescopes or lenses: ZWO 60mm f/4.6 Guidescope

Guiding cameras: ASI ZWO 290MM

Software: PixInsight 1.8 Ripley · Deepskystacker (DSS) · PHD2 Guiding · AstroPhotography Tools

Filters: astronomik L2 UV/IR

Accessory: QHY PoleMaster · Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox

Dates

ct. 15, 2020

Frames:astronomik L2 UV/IR: 33x180" (gain: 117.00) -17C bin 1x1

Integration: 1.6 hours

Darks: ~25

Flats: ~20

Avg. Moon age: 27.98 days

Avg. Moon phase: 2.68%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 3935705

RA center: 20h 58' 30"

DEC center: +44° 18' 57"

Pixel scale: 2.396 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.101 degrees

Field radius: 1.649 degrees

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Description: Minor cosmetic changes and improving the outline of the gulf states

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Description: 2012 V. 2016 Electoral College

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Description: Base Color Images

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