NGC7000 North America Nebula - Foraxx Palette

[Vic L S]

Probably my most decent image to date, I feel like I've still got so much to learn but I'm pretty happy with my progress. 

North America Nebula - taken in Brunei where I am currently based. (4°N)

Stacked and processed in PixInsight using the Foraxx palette. 

21 x 300s Light frames

Telescope: William Optics ZS61 II

Camera: ASI2600MC

Filter: L-Ultimate 

Mount: ZWO-AM3 

Guidescope & Camera: Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED & ASI462MC 

Calibrated with darks, flats and bias frames. 

Any feedback or suggestions very welcome! ☺️

Edited July 29 by Vic L S

[TiffsAndAstro]

Looks great stars a tad blue maybe?

Edited July 29 by TiffsAndAstro

[Vic L S]

2 minutes ago, TiffsAndAstro said:

Looks great stars a tad blue maybe?

I did notice that, tried to bring the blues down but not sure it made enough of an impact. Any ideas how I can get more natural looking stars? Forgot to mention I used the L-ultimate. 

[TiffsAndAstro]

9 minutes ago, Vic L S said:

I did notice that, tried to bring the blues down but not sure it made enough of an impact. Any ideas how I can get more natural looking stars? Forgot to mention I used the L-ultimate. 

Im very new to this, I'm sure others can advise more. Shooting stars in RGB and substituting them should work.

Maybe playing with star mask only saturation and/or hue?

Maybe some sort of colour calibration on star mask only?

[Vic L S]

8 minutes ago, TiffsAndAstro said:

Im very new to this, I'm sure others can advise more. Shooting stars in RGB and substituting them should work.

Maybe playing with star mask only saturation and/or hue?

Maybe some sort of colour calibration on star mask only?

Great suggestions - I should've thought about shooting stars seperately. Might have to wait for the next cloudless night. 

For now will retry with some star masks/ color calibration! 

[TiffsAndAstro]

37 minutes ago, Vic L S said:

Great suggestions - I should've thought about shooting stars seperately. Might have to wait for the next cloudless night. 

For now will retry with some star masks/ color calibration! 

Good luck. I wouldn't worry too much, the important part looks fantastic so the image does

[Vic L S]

Played and explored around with editing on Pixinsight since my last upload - quite happy with this one, doesn't seem to have the blue tinge as the previous image. Still lots to learn regarding post processing skills! Always a journey. 

[saac]

That is very pleasing, well done.

Jim