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Western Veil Nebula. NGC6960


jacko61

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Night of 26th July. The perfect end to a birthday. We had perfect clear skies above Lanarkshire for a change.  This is thirty five 240 second subs plus Darks, Flats and Dark Flats. ZWO ASI 2600MC pro, William Optics ZS73 with 0.8 reducer, L-Enhance and Skywatcher EQ8R-pro.   Captured and processed in APT, DSS and Startools.   I've had to crop this  quite a bit as the corners were looking a bit star-treky. I think I need to move the sensor a millimeter or so further away from the reducer to compensate for the thickness of the l-enhance.     

Graeme

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On 27/07/2022 at 19:49, Stuart1971 said:

Great image I have to say, but maybe reduce the amount of stars and the Nebula will pop even more…👍🏼

Took your suggestion to heart and downloaded starnet. This is my first attempt (and my first attempt at blending layers in GIMP. So a totally starless version blended with a 50% opaque copy of the original.  I'm not sure this is the way to go about it - the stars in the blended version look a bit grey but it's a new skill that I'll be looking into.  The version with no stars at all does make the nebula look incredible but it's not for me :)

Graeme

 

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25 minutes ago, jacko61 said:

Took your suggestion to heart and downloaded starnet. This is my first attempt (and my first attempt at blending layers in GIMP. So a totally starless version blended with a 50% opaque copy of the original.  I'm not sure this is the way to go about it - the stars in the blended version look a bit grey but it's a new skill that I'll be looking into.  The version with no stars at all does make the nebula look incredible but it's not for me :)

Graeme

 

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west veil no stars.jpg

Looks much better, 👍🏼 and yes, I am with you I don’t like the starless images either….the way you have done it, is a recognised way so all good….I think you could even reduce more TBH, but looks great…..👏🏻

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