Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  IC 342
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IC342 Hidden Galaxy, Chris Ashford
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IC342 Hidden Galaxy

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IC342 Hidden Galaxy, Chris Ashford
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IC342 Hidden Galaxy

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3rd attempt to process this image. Really struggled with trying to reduce the star field. Getting color into the galaxy detail was also a challenge.

I used Starnet2 to separate the galaxy from the stars. The hard part was the re-integration of the two images. Every time I did it, I hated the result. Finally got there by using PixInsight's median (med) image blending function followed by another round of adjusting luminance and saturation.

Also took the opportunity to learn about DynamicPSF and Deconvolution which I used to enhance the galaxy detail. Plus a lot of experimentation using MorphologicalTransformation on the star field.

I may update this image once I get better at using PixInsight.....

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IC342 Hidden Galaxy, Chris Ashford