Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  IC 342
The Hidden Galaxy (IC 432), Jesco
The Hidden Galaxy (IC 432)
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The Hidden Galaxy (IC 432)

The Hidden Galaxy (IC 432), Jesco
The Hidden Galaxy (IC 432)
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The Hidden Galaxy (IC 432)

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I learnt a lot about processing in PixInsight. I finally figured out how to use MaskedStretch without messing up the star cores. The trick here is to use a tight star mask on the larger stars and do one or two round of convolution with as small as possible kernel. Increasing the saturation in the linear stage improve star colors tremendously.

IC 432 is really nice and large. It's a perfect fit for the field of view for me.

It later turned out that my scope was grossly out of collimation. This expained all the troubles that I had with star shapes. It's been fixed in my NGC891 image.

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The Hidden Galaxy (IC 432), Jesco