IC446
/ IC2167 and IC447 / IC2169
This is a crrazy crowded field. IC 446 aka IC 2167 and IC 447 aka
IC2169 ??? plus ngc2245 and ngc2247.
11/13/15 x 10 min each of RGB
15 x 10min of Luminance
Camera: Moravian G4 (16803) w Gen II Astrodon LRGB
Scope: AP155EDF w 4" FF and FeatherTouch focuser + FocusBoss II focuser
Mount: Paramount MX
Guiding SBIG ST402ME and Borg 60mm achromat piggyback
PixInsight processing:
RGB: - SpectrophotometricFluxCalibration, MultiScaleGradientCorrection,
SPCC, BlurX, NoiseX, MultiScaleAdaptiveStretch.
Luminance - SpectrophotometricFluxCalibration,
MultiScaleGradientCorrection, BlurX, NoiseX, MultiScaleAdaptiveStretch.
Photoshop: Luminance adjusted for Texture and Clarity then layered over
the RGB as Luminosity. An additional Clarity/Texture adjustment layer
was added. Rogelio's HLVG, Russ Croman's NoiseX, Some Gaussian blurring
of some of the stars that got over sharpened.
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Lucknow, Ontario
Feb 2026
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