Sh2-232 & Co in Auriga, reprosessed with Star Xterminator

[gorann]

While clouded in I continue to reprocess some of my data using the new Star Xterminator filter for PS. Here is a reprocessed data-set I collected with my dual-Esprit rig back in November 2019. I now made a starless version with Star Xterminator, stretched the nebulosity and did a few other tweaks. Then I brought the stars back while suppressing their size with a curve in PS. The result is a brighter image with much more visible nebulosity than in my previous attempt to process the data.

These Sharpless objects make up a complex of HII regions in the Perseus arm in the outskirts of our galaxy. Centrally in Sh-232 is the small planetary nebula PK173+03.1 I notice that the Astrobin annotation places Sh2-233 slightly in the wrong place so its coordinates probably need an update in the system (I doubt that the nebula has moved since Sharpless made his catalogue).

I collected RGB with the Esprit 150 and ASI071 (0.79x TS reduser) and Ha with the Esprit 100 and ASI1600MM. 39 x 10 min of RGB and 51 x 10 min of Ha (Baader 3.5nm). So totally 15 hours. Processed in PI and PS.

Next time I get my Esprits up it will be a dual Esprit 150 rig since I just made a very god deal on a second hand Esprit 150.

Cheers & CS

Göran

New processing after using Star Xterminator

 

Astrobin annotations

Old version

Edited November 2, 2021 by gorann

[Boki Aristarh]

Impressive work and advance in process.

Maybe some less saturation, or no? 🙃

Anyway nice result

[Sp@ce_d]

19 hours ago, gorann said:

 I just made a very god deal on a second hand Esprit 150.

 

😲... Wow.. I'd love a second one too..  it's normally the Devil I have to deal with to get another scope though... 🤣

 

Very nice.. I've been trialing StarXTerminator in PI & have to say, going over some old data too, I'm very impressed.

[gorann]

6 hours ago, Boki Aristarh said:

Impressive work and advance in process.

Maybe some less saturation, or no? 🙃

Anyway nice result

Thanks Boki! High saturaton seems to be in fashion right now but I see what you mean, and I was back and fourth with sauration on this one, but thought it was ok since it is a HaRGB image. I now had another another look at it and did a few more adjustments, so here is v2.

 

Edited November 3, 2021 by gorann

[gorann]

1 hour ago, Sp@ce_d said:

😲... Wow.. I'd love a second one too..  it's normally the Devil I have to deal with to get another scope though... 🤣

 

Very nice.. I've been trialing StarXTerminator in PI & have to say, going over some old data too, I'm very impressed.

Thanks a lot!

[powerlord]

Very nice. I like to think I wiz a trend setter for high saturation.. I do think it can make things pop. And they look luvly printed glossy 🤩