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ngc2359 (Thor's Helmet nebula) SHO_RGB, *philippe Gilberton
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ngc2359 (Thor's Helmet nebula) SHO_RGB

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ngc2359 (Thor's Helmet nebula) SHO_RGB

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Description

ngc2359 also named as Thor's helmet nebula captured in SHO and RGB for star color purpose. Luminance layer is a combination of SHO monochrome layer. That's my first SHO session I performed with my quiet new SHO filter bank 6nm from Astronomiks. That was challenging as it was full moon but in the mean time I was curious to know how it worked out under such condition. I am not that disappointed with the result. The object is 25° low on altitude so not so good for sky transparency. I limited as much as possible exposure duration to 60s to minimize full moon impact. To be noticed that the contribution of SII layer is weak and accentuated by the fact that I was only able to capture 75 mn. Something to improve on next winter.

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  • ngc2359 (Thor's Helmet nebula) SHO_RGB, *philippe Gilberton
    Original
  • ngc2359 (Thor's Helmet nebula) SHO_RGB, *philippe Gilberton
    B
  • ngc2359 (Thor's Helmet nebula) SHO_RGB, *philippe Gilberton
    C
  • Final
    ngc2359 (Thor's Helmet nebula) SHO_RGB, *philippe Gilberton
    E
  • ngc2359 (Thor's Helmet nebula) SHO_RGB, *philippe Gilberton
    F

B

Description: Ls_HOO_RGB revision

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C

Description: revision reprocessed from scratch thanks to RC astro Xterminator bundle and ghs process from PI. I also improved SHO color balance and added stars get from synthetic luminance layer

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E

Description: revision with essentially better star processing

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F

Description: revision with same enhancement but in a different color mixing: S+H_H+O_O

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ngc2359 (Thor's Helmet nebula) SHO_RGB, *philippe Gilberton