Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  Christmas Tree Cluster  ·  NGC 2264  ·  The star 15 Mon
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Christmas Tree Cluster, jmdl101
Christmas Tree Cluster
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Christmas Tree Cluster

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Christmas Tree Cluster, jmdl101
Christmas Tree Cluster
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Christmas Tree Cluster

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Description

More Askar 6nm D1/D2 SHO images from this weekend.

50 each flats, flat darks, and darks
Gain 100, offset 18, -10c

Same workflow for each image

Equipment  
Eq6-r pro   
Skywatcher MN190  
Asi2600mc pro  
Askar OAG with asi174mm mini  
Askar filter drawer 
Askar 6nm D1 and D2 filter set

Pixinsight processing  
WBPP all images with autocrop  
D1 red as Ha, D2 red as Sii  
Integrated blues and greens for Oiii  
Linear fit to Sii, channel combination as SHO  
ABE, background neutralization, and color calibration   
BlurX, NoiseX, and EZ soft stretch  
StarX, then curves on just the stars for saturation  
Curves on the nebula for saturation and hue adjustment (not much required since it was linear fit)  
Saved both as tif for recombine in photoshop

Photoshop processing  
Camea raw filter for some color noise, regular noise, and some final tweaks on levels  
Copied stars and pasted onto starless with screen blending, flattened the image and saved   
Mobile lightroom for final crops and jpg export.

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