M27
For my second attempt on M27, I used my new Esprit 150/10micron GM1000HPS combination (the result of the first attempt is in my Deep Sky album). This image represents about 10 hours integration.
From a processing perspective, I decided to blend the Ha into both the Lum and Red channels using an Adam Block technique that I learnt through his "cosmic canvas" tutorial videos. Since the Ha is very strong and would obliterate the RGB information I decided to only blend a small amount into the red channel. Since I was interested capturing the faint outer halo, I decided to raise the level in this particular region.
I was reasonably happy with the result - you can just about make out the outer halo, star colours are reasonable and you can see some inner structure to the nebula.
LIGHTS: L:9, R:10, G:8, B:7 x 600s. Ha: 8 x 1800s. DARKS: 30; FLATS:40, BIAS:100
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