A couple of targets in Narrowband (IC1396 and Sh2-199)

[B4silio]

Trying to learn how to work with NB images, mostly playing around with colors. I'm still unable to properly process stars so they either become ugly splotches or they have colors that dont mean much. I gather masking, masked stretch, etc. are crucial for stars but I haven't gotten around to that yet (still playing around with the broad colors of the DSO themselves).

I plan to re-take these when I get my flattener sorted out (hopefully soon enough or I'll have to wait next year for them to come up again!), but for the time being it's a good learning exercice!

Clear skies!

 

IC 1396 (Elephant's Trunk Nebula)
~5h total exposure (2.5h Ha, 2.5h OIII)

 

Sh 2-199 (Soul Nebula)
~3h Total exposure (1.5h Ha, 1.5h OIII)