Comparison Video of SVBony UVIR Cut v Antlia Triband Filters on NGC281 Pacman Nebula (David Foust)

Comparison Video of SVBony UVIR Cut v Antlia Triband Filters on NGC281 Pacman Nebula

Link: https://www.davidfoust.com/gallery/ngc281-the-pacman-nebula

Comparison Video of SVBony UVIR Cut v Antlia Triband Filters on NGC281 Pacman Nebula

Link: https://www.davidfoust.com/gallery/ngc281-the-pacman-nebula

Here is a video comparing 1.5 hrs on NGC 281 with a simple UV/IR Cut Filter and the Antlia Triband Filter. This object is more toward the northern part of the sky, where, for me, there is more light pollution (Bortle 6-7). I typically image south toward darker skies (Bortle 4), but this time of year, the object is near enough to the zenith (Bortle 5ish), that I'm able to get decent data with only a UV/IR Cut Filter. Processing steps on these images were identical:

Start in Siril:
OSC PreProcessing
Photometric Color Calibration
Remove Green Noise
Background Extraction
Star Removal
Asinh Transformation
Two nearly identical histogram stretches (they slightly differed due to the nature of the filters.)
Export as 16-bit tif

Move to Photoshop:
RC Astro Noise Exterminator
Identical Camera Raw Filter adjustments (Contrast, Whites, Blacks, Saturation, Clarity, Detail)
Save tif

Back to Siril:
Open tif and save as 32-bit fit.
Star Recomposition
Save as .png

Back to Photoshop:
Align images
Save as reduced size png.

Then I put these into Adobe Premier Pro to make the video comparing the images.

You can see it really helps manage star size, preserves star color, no halos, and of course, helps bring out the nebulosity. I chose this filter over narrower dual band filters because i wanted to avoid halos and better preserve star color. I think it achieves all of that. Highly Recommend this filter as a good all around filter!

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