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Horsehead and Flame Nebulae, Kevin Ross

Horsehead and Flame Nebulae

Horsehead and Flame Nebulae, Kevin Ross

Horsehead and Flame Nebulae

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Description

Processing in PixInsight:

Combined L and Ha at 50% each for a new L channel

LRGBCombination
NBRGBCombination script to add Ha to the Red channel

DBE
PCC
BlurXTerminator
StarXTerminator (to separate the stars from the nebula, to process separately)
NoiseXTerminator (I love the Russ Croman suite of tools)

Then the usual

HT, Curves, and Saturation adjustments.

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Horsehead and Flame Nebulae, Kevin Ross