ngc 6823

[alacant]

Hi everyone

There's something there, but it's lacking colour. Increasing saturation makes the stars look silly. Looks like we're gonna have to get the masks out of storage. Or maybe it just needs a bigger hammer on levels. Or the haze; last night we could see only bright stars. No milky way. Took the levels left in small increments, saving along the way, expecting the colour to emerge, but nada:( Any ideas?

Thanks for looking.

eos700d 

[MattJenko]

there is something there, so i think you are on the right track with masking out the stars. i am not a photoshop guy, but applying the stetching to midrange only, excluding touching the close to or saturated stars would allow you to push the nebula in isolation from the starfield.