To be honest I think it should be called the 'pair of tits nebula' rather than the pelican, but I doubt we can get the IAU to endorse it. [Was pretty fun messing around with different narrowband palettes on this one](
https://i.imgur.com/noVJzI4.png). Captured on October 3rd and 5th, 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
* AutomaticBackgroundExtraction
* STF applied via HistogramTransformation to bring each channel nonlinear
**Synthetic Luminance:**
* Pixelmath to combine linear Ha, Sii, and Oiii channels into synthetic luminance (mean function)
* [EZ Decon, Denoise, and Soft Stretch](
https://darkarchon.internet-box.ch:8443/)
**Combining Channels:**
* PixelMath to make classic SHO to RGB image
* LRGBCombination with synthetic L
* Green partially nuked using SCNR
* Pixelmath to make RGB image using [ForaxX's palette](
https://thecoldestnights.com/2020/06/pixinsight-dynamic-narrowband-combinations-with-pixelmath/)
> R= (Oiii^~Oiii)*Sii + ~(Oiii^~Oiii)*Ha
> G= ((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Ha + ~((Oiii*Ha)^~(Oiii*Ha))*Oiii
> B= Oiii
* LRGBCombination with synthetic L
* Pixelmath to blend classic and ForaxX SHO images 50:50
**Nonlinear:**
* shitloads of [Curve](
https://i.imgur.com/KMRMe3f.jpg)Transformations to adjust lightness, saturation, contrast, hues, etc
* ColorSaturation to bring out reds
* ACDNR
* DarkStructureEnhance
* LocalHistogramTransformation
* More curves
* EZ Star Reduction
* CloneStamp to remove a few hot pixels (could've tweaked the Oiii rejection settings a bit better)
* Resample to 70%
* Annotation
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