Western Veil SHO RGB stars (John Favalessa)

Western Veil SHO RGB stars

Had to go after the iconic Western Veil Nebula as it rises high enough by 11:45 pm now. In this I used a straight SHO palate but with G = Ha * 0.8 + Sii * 0.2. I took the narrowband from my backyard, (sqm 18.45), and was pleased with the capture. Very happy with the WO81GT. I later took RGB from my dark site (sqm 21.35) for the stars. I noticed in the RGB image there was a bit of green. So I decided to only remove 30% of the green from the SHO image. I am pleased as the green shows in the faint areas. Personally I like green! even though I've read there is no green up there...obviously not true 😁. Next got to get the Eastern Veil in SHO. When I saw the entire Veil complex in @wsg's fine image #here I finally saq the spherical structure of this amazing nebula. Thanks Scott!

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Description: After reading Frank's description, I created a synthetic luminance from the Ha, Oii and Sii masters resulting is slightly better detail especially of the faint stuff. Thanks Frank! https://www.astrobin.com/8okweu/

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