M97 (Dale Penkala)

M97

Revision title: Cropped & Ha Added

This has been a very difficult image for me to process. I've tried several attempts in PI and ended up using APP and used the combine channels using the HOO algorithm and bumped up the OIII channels to help pull out the faint outer ring. I also noticed with the data that I have some very nice detail within the faint outer shell including a very faint jet/line that comes out at about the 7:30 position however this image doesn't show it as I lost it when I darkened the background. Maybe someone more experienced at processing this data could do better with it. I was also surprised at how many other faint galaxies that are in this FOV especially at the far right edge of the image.

The star layer I'm really happy with! I used my L-Pro and SPCC for accurate star colors. Zoom into the core and look at the 3 stars within it and notice that you can easily see the color difference in them!
In the end I processed this about 5 different times and I finally got something that I'm happy with to post. I am going to do a portrait version as well and I'll see if I can pull more detail out of it and bring that jet or whatever it is coming out at the 7:30 position more noticeable.

As always, comments good or bad are welcome!

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Title: Cropped & Ha Added

Description: This is a Portrait type image of this object that I wanted to show more detail within the core nebula itself. I incorporated the Ha data from my Antlia ALP-T by extracting it in APP and adding it back in Pi. In doing so I feel I was able to pull more detail out in the core to show the "shockwaves if you will" and also you can see the break or jet at the 7:30 position better. I also was able to work the star layer a bit to better show the color of the 3 stars inside the nebula. You can clearly see 3 different colored stars in the core. I've not seen this in other images of the Owl Nebula before. My personal opinion is this is not as astatically pleasing as the "wide" field image. I did this more to see what more detail I could pull out of the core. What's your thoughts?

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Astrometry.net job	7588952
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	11h14m47s.977
RA (top/left)	11h12m41s.812
RA (top/right)	11h15m21s.321
RA (bottom/right)	11h16m53s.925
RA (bottom/left)	11h14m14s.175

Dec (center)	+55°01′06″.40
Dec (top/left)	+55°03′29″.70
Dec (top/right)	+54°43′31″.16
Dec (bottom/right)	+54°58′34″.93
Dec (bottom/left)	+55°18′41″.12

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