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Navi and Neighbors, Todd Stephens
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Navi and Neighbors

Revision title: The Glowing Heart of Cassiopeia

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Navi and Neighbors

Revision title: The Glowing Heart of Cassiopeia

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Ionized dust clouds around Navi. This region of the sky is so dense with stars that I shot this over two nights with a 6-nm H-a filter and then another night with my H-a modded DSLR for color. Then combined as HaRGB with Ha used as a luminance layer. I was surprised by the amount of hydrogen-alpha emission in this area.

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Description: A little bit wider view and I tried to boost the nebulosity and push back the starfield a bit. Not sure if it's an improvement...

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Title: The Glowing Heart of Cassiopeia

Description: A bit less ham-handed approach to the nebula and starfield. Healthy dose of NoiseXTerminator and some pixel math to combine the H-a and RGB images. It's very red, but I kind of like it.

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Navi and Neighbors, Todd Stephens