Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Flaming Star Nebula  ·  IC 405  ·  The star 18 Aur
Flaming Star Nebula in HSO, Dave Mussell
Flaming Star Nebula in HSO
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Flaming Star Nebula in HSO

Revision title: Flaming Star Final

Flaming Star Nebula in HSO, Dave Mussell
Flaming Star Nebula in HSO
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Flaming Star Nebula in HSO

Revision title: Flaming Star Final

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To see more of the detail present in this image, you may want to view this at full resolution. Shot with Hydrogen, Oxygen III, and Sulphur II (3nm) filters on a QHY 268M camera, this reveals far more detail than previous images I had made of the Flaming Star Nebula using a color CMOS camera  and dual bandpass LP filters.  Assigning the data from these three filters to the red, green, and blue channels in Pixinsight's Pixelmath process opens up many possibilities for rendering the more subtle details present. For the post-processing steps,  I chose to keep the colours muted and desaturated, and to accentuate the shapes and textures of the gas clouds with adjustments of the lightness and contrast.  I'd appreciate hearing what you think of this result, positive or negative.

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Title: Flaming Star Final

Description: Bumped up the colors a modest mount to accentuate the detail in the luminous hydrogen and oxygen regions.

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Flaming Star Nebula in HSO, Dave Mussell

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