Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  24 Cas)  ·  IC 1590  ·  NGC 281  ·  The star Achird (η Cas
Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), Steven K. Wu
Pacman Nebula (NGC 281)
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Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), Steven K. Wu
Pacman Nebula (NGC 281)
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Processing:
  • PixInsight Pre-Processing
    • CosmeticCorrection
    • WeightedBatchPreprocessing (WBPP)
    • SubframeSelector
    • StarAlignment
    • LocalNormalization
    • ImageIntegration

  • PixInsight Linear Image Processing
    • PhotometricColorCalibration (PCC)
    • DynamicCrop
    • DynamicBackgroundExtraction (DBE)
    • Deconvolution
    • NoiseXTerminator

  • PixInsight Non-Linear Image Processing
    • HistogramTransformation (light initial stretch)
    • SCNR
    • StarXTerminator (starless and stars only)
    • GeneralisedHyperbolicStretch
    • CurvesTransformation (minor contrast adjustment)
    • LocalHistogramEqualization
    • Sharpening (35% UnsharpMask + 35% MultiscaleLinearTransform (MLT) + 30% Original)
    • DarkStructureEnhance
    • CurvesTransformation (color adjustments)
    • PixelMath (combine Starless and StarsOnly)
    • CurvesTransformation (final brightness/contrast adjustment)
    • NoiseXTerminator (final noise reduction)

  • Adobe Lightroom Classic
    • Crop
    • Export

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Pacman Nebula (NGC 281), Steven K. Wu