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The Cosmic Reef

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The Cosmic Reef

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An interesting but often overlooked region of the LMC. This is a blend of Ha/Oiii and RGB. Ha: 10 x 1800 sec
Oiii: 11 x 1800 sec
Red: 11 x 600 sec
Green: 9 x 600 sec
Blue: 9 x 600 sec 

So in order to blend the RGB and Ha/Oiii data, I first combined the RGB and used masked stretch, but didn't stretch it far in order to not overtake the image with the star field. I increased saturation and then used the Narrowband combine script to add Ha and Oiii. I then made a copy of that image and added Ha as luminance in order to help the Ha data pop a bit more, and then combined that with the original. Hope you enjoy!

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The Cosmic Reef, gturgeon