Wizard in Alpha

[themos]

The Wizard Nebula in Cepheus (NGC 7830). Captured with APT, Canon DSLR, Baader coma corrector, Hα filter, .25m f/4 reflector, at ISO800, 22x300sec exposures. Guided with PHD2, finderscope, Atik16ic. Calibrated, registered and stacked in Iris, processed in PixInsight.

[swag72]

Looking good - I reckon that could be lightened in the background a little further too - There's literally masses of Ha signal in there

[themos]

too much?

[PatrickGilliland]

19 hours ago, themos said:

too much?

 

Not too much but you need to work just on the background and be more selective - the second stretch is bloating the stars.

Paddy