A Cosmic Rainbow: Monkey Head Nebula (Foraxx SHO)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Orion (Ori) · Contains: Monkey Head Nebula · NGC 2174 · NGC 2175

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A Cosmic Rainbow: Monkey Head Nebula (Foraxx SHO)

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A Cosmic Rainbow: Monkey Head Nebula (Foraxx SHO)

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The Foraxx method of blending narrowband data is all the rage these days, so I had to come and work with some data to find out what the buzz was all about. I have taken a few passes at this data, and found some interesting combinations, but none of them stuck with me like the Foraxx blend did. While, I have not found this blend to be a go-to for all images, on this particular set of data, I felt it really gave the image some identity that I felt was needed.

Link to the Foraxx script repo: https://foraxxpaletteutility.com/FPU/

I did find in the process of using it with my stretched masters, that the intensity of the data is a bit much and had to lower it using the C curve in Curves Transformation, however that is a pretty small price to pay for the excellent results it gave for this data. I have not yet tried the stars option it has, as I use my own script for blending SHO stars to make them very RGB-like.

As far as the colors in the image go, to me it looks very similar to the Helix Nebula colors in a SHO image. Lots of red, orange, yellow, and blue-green. It is almost like looking at a flame, with its bright blue beginning trailing out to yellow, orange, and reddish colors. Overall, I was very impressed and will look to use this more in the future on other data projects.

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