Two Views of the Heart and Soul

[old_eyes]

Two panel mosaic of Heart and Soul from Pier 5 @Roboscopes in Spain (Tak Epsilon 180, ASI 2400MC Pro, Unguided Paramount MX).

One using HaO3 dual band filter and the other S2O3.

Total Integration time about 300 minutes across the two panels for each filter.

Processed in Pixinsight.

HaO3:

S2O3:

I tried blending them, but the Ha dominates too much. Better as two separate renditions. I think the S2O3 filter has produced a very nice image.

[Stuart1971]

Great pair of images there….would love to see them combined, too..👍🏻

[old_eyes]

2 hours ago, Stuart1971 said:

Great pair of images there….would love to see them combined, too..👍🏻

Still playing with them, but the Ha is so strong it washes out the O3. I need to balance them up better.

[old_eyes]

On 03/04/2024 at 17:54, Stuart1971 said:

Great pair of images there….would love to see them combined, too..👍🏻

I played around with different balances of the two originals using the max(x,y) function in PixelMath and reducing the intensity of the HaO3 image.

This is the one I like best - max(S2O3, 0.7*HaO3). What do you think?

[Stuart1971]

38 minutes ago, old_eyes said:

I played around with different balances of the two originals using the max(x,y) function in PixelMath and reducing the intensity of the HaO3 image.

This is the one I like best - max(S2O3, 0.7*HaO3). What do you think?

Very nice indeed, 👏🏻

maybe create a blue mask and up the saturation in the blue, and it will pop a bit more…

[Stuart1971]

I have a set of the new Askar C1 & C2 filters (Ha / OIII and OIII / SII) coming from Askar for review purposes, if I like them I will buy…

[old_eyes]

22 hours ago, Stuart1971 said:

I have a set of the new Askar C1 & C2 filters (Ha / OIII and OIII / SII) coming from Askar for review purposes, if I like them I will buy…

The filters used for these images were the Askar Colour Magic 6nm. I like them.