Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Vela (Vel)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2736  ·  Pencil Nebula
"Pencil nebula" (NGC 2736) - DSW processing contest, Jean-Baptiste Auroux
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"Pencil nebula" (NGC 2736) - DSW processing contest

"Pencil nebula" (NGC 2736) - DSW processing contest, Jean-Baptiste Auroux
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"Pencil nebula" (NGC 2736) - DSW processing contest

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My version of the "Pencil nebula" (NGC2736).

Acquisitions by Greg Turgeon (@gregturgeon_astro), who has graciously provided it as part of a contest, thanks a lot Greg !

Setup :

Telescope: Planewave 17” CDK - Camera: FLI ML16803 - Filters: Chroma LRGB 8nm - Mount: 10 Micron GM3000 - Location: DSW, Chile

L: 24x600" - R: 24x300" - G: 24x300" - B: 23x300" - Ha: 22x1800" - OIII: 17x1800"

Total : 30h

LRGB-Ha-OIII version - Processed with Pixinsight & Photoshop

Some details about the process : classical processing of the individual images, maskedstretch histogram editing for O and H images, assembly of a luminance mix with L, H and O layers, HDR composition used on the luminance LHO mix in order to gain some details in the filaments of the nebula - assembly in LRGB then addition of H and O layers via PixelMath in starless mode, final color and saturation adjustments on Photoshop. I deliberately chose not to saturate the sky background with the H and O signal in order to preserve a higher contrast for the nebula. I tried to crop as less as possible.

Hope you will like it !

JB

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Description: Crop version to highlight details on the filaments of the supernova remanent.

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"Pencil nebula" (NGC 2736) - DSW processing contest, Jean-Baptiste Auroux