My First Fully Processed DSO... IC1396... any comments/advice appreciated...

[Ollyb]

Redcat 51

ASI1600mm

Ha, Sii, Oiii Filters

DSS & Photoshop CC

Only 4 hours integration time so, really, work in progress

[peter shah]

love the Field of View, we don't often see the whole extent of the elephant trunk.

Presumably you have used the standard HST Palette?. The H-alpha in this object will always overwhelm the SII and OIII.  Try not to push the Ha so much and try to allow to the SII and OIII come through a little more....Colour balance on narrow band is always a personal thing and is very different to colour balancing RGB as the ratios are so much further away. Plus objects vary as to how much SII and OIII they have in them.

[newbie alert]

Think the data is all there , try the selective colour to balance and bring out those golds 

[Ollyb]

3 hours ago, peter shah said:

love the Field of View, we don't often see the whole extent of the elephant trunk.

Presumably you have used the standard HST Palette?. The H-alpha in this object will always overwhelm the SII and OIII.  Try not to push the Ha so much and try to allow to the SII and OIII come through a little more....Colour balance on narrow band is always a personal thing and is very different to colour balancing RGB as the ratios are so much further away. Plus objects vary as to how much SII and OIII they have in them.

 

1 hour ago, newbie alert said:

Think the data is all there , try the selective colour to balance and bring out those golds 

Thanks for the advice, I think this is more like it... I do have a lot more Oiii and Sii data to gather...

Edited May 14, 2021 by Ollyb

[EntropyTango]

Very nicely done, keep it up

Colour composition is up to you, unless you are going to write a scientific paper on it

Looking forward to seeing more of your imaging

[Sunshine]

Great image!

[MarsG76]

Awesome image.....