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Space Lion - Raarrr, Scott Hall
Space Lion - Raarrr, Scott Hall

Space Lion - Raarrr

Revision title: Space Lion - Raarrr (Crop)

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Space Lion - Raarrr, Scott Hall
Space Lion - Raarrr, Scott Hall

Space Lion - Raarrr

Revision title: Space Lion - Raarrr (Crop)

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Description

The Lion Nebula (SH2-132) is an emission nebula approximately 10,000 light years from Earth.  The nebula is a nursery for new star formation and it also includes at least two Wolf-Rayet stars, near the end of their lives, that shine thousands of times brighter than the sun.

Processing performed entirely within PixInsight using the following steps:
  1. WBPP
  2. DBE per channel
  3. BlurXTerminator Correct First
  4. EZ Soft Stretch
  5. HistogramTransformation
  6. PixelMath SHO
  7. Bill Blanshan SHONormalization
  8. Bill Blanshan ModifiedSCNR
  9. StarXTerminator
  10. NoiseXTerminator
  11. LocalHistogramEqualization
  12. LRGBCombination
  13. HDRMultiscaleTransformation
  14. Curves
  15. Re-screened stars
  16. Bill Blanshan PixelMath StarReductionMethod3

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Title: Space Lion - Raarrr (Starless)

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Title: Space Lion - Raarrr (Crop)

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Title: Space Lion - Raarrr (Crop - Starless)

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Space Lion - Raarrr, Scott Hall