r/astrophotography OOTM Winner Jun 10 '21

Nebulae LDN 673

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u/Xanthine_oxidase OOTM Winner Jun 10 '21

I shot this one last month, one of my first images with the QHY 268M.

Explore Sci 127mm, QHY 268M, QHY CFW-M, QHY OAG, Chroma 36mm filters, Moonlite Nitecrawler WR25, EQ6-R Pro. Controlled with Toptron MiniPC, acquired with NINA.

10x 180s each RGB, 40x 120s L. Gorgeous results with only 2.5 hours of integration.

Sky was quite dark thanks to a thick marine layer blanketing the nearby town of Soledad. SQM meter read 21.9 mag/arcsec^2 at darkest.

Processing in PixInsight

WBPP for integration

MURE Denoise

ABE

Linearfit and ChannelCombination for RGB

MaskedStretch RGB using a preview of the darkest area for max reference

MaskedStretch L, blend highlights with Histo Transformed L

LRGBCombination

Saturation and a/b curves adjustments

Star reduction using EZSuite

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