Lagoon Nebula, Gordon Tuomikoski

Lagoon Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
Lagoon Nebula, Gordon Tuomikoski

Lagoon Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Description

My first attempt at manually stacking and editing the FITS files!

Taken on the VaonisStellina. No extra auxiliary equipment necessary with the Stellina, other than a smartphone and its Gitzo tripod.

80mm Aperture, 400mm Focal Length, Sony IMX 178 Sensor,

4/30/20, 2:00AM, 289 10-second exposures.

DSS:

289 lights, zero darks, will take darks next time.

Normal unchanged settings

4% star threshold,

Monochrome 16 bit color, RGGB, Bilinear Interpolation

Photoshop:

Adjusted the levels and curves, used Gradient Xterminator, adjusted background to target shadow color, adjusted hue, saturation, and numerous other color elements.

Luminar 3:

Brightened up Nebula, brought out some microstructure, small details, clarity, increased some red luminosity, etc:

Used Topaz Denoise AI followed by Sharpen AI.

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Lagoon Nebula, Gordon Tuomikoski