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Well it really pays of to watch tutorials on the post-process.
So here comes my second version of the Heart nebula.
A complete different way then before to get this result.
Now i really got the blue to stand out much more.
Hope you like this version better then the last
Exposures :
52x 300seconds HA
25x300seconds O3
cooling -15
Personal equipment: TEC 140 F7 on Astro-Physics Mach 1 mount. Camera QSI 683ws7. Guide with Vario guiding scope
Shared equipment through Star Shadows Remote Observatory through PROMPT/ CTIO/Chile 16" RCOS 16803 chip
Shared equipment through San Diego Astronomy Society 14" RC with 16803 chip on a paramount
Software (for my stuff) PemPRO, SGP, PHD, Focus Boss, ASCOM, and Pixinsight on the other end.
Oh where to begin..
Started stretching and process each of the channels.
Had to work on the O3 channel abit due to gradients.
Then each channel got a hue and saturation adjustment layer and colorized each channel to the right color. Then i made a syntethic green of the red and blue channel.
Then the real challange started to bring out the blue and orange right. Alot of tweeking... And after i was sort of satisfied i made a luminanse layer from the ha to lay ontop to bring out the brightness and details. Then some more color calibration. And the last thing was some sharpening and finetuning. Maybe missed some parts but that is all I remember. Its actually the first time i done this kind of processing so i dont have any routine yet.
Personal equipment: TEC 140 F7 on Astro-Physics Mach 1 mount. Camera QSI 683ws7. Guide with Vario guiding scope
Shared equipment through Star Shadows Remote Observatory through PROMPT/ CTIO/Chile 16" RCOS 16803 chip
Shared equipment through San Diego Astronomy Society 14" RC with 16803 chip on a paramount
Software (for my stuff) PemPRO, SGP, PHD, Focus Boss, ASCOM, and Pixinsight on the other end.