IC5068
aka LBN328 in Cygnus - LRGB
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IC 5068
aka LBN328 and also known as Forsaken Nebula, is an emission nebula in
Cygnus right below the North America and Pelican nebulae. Just outside
the frame (top left) is the bright star Deneb.
Image
Data:
Scope: AP155EDF
Camera: Moravian G4 (16803 ccd) w Astrodon Gen II H-Alpha
Mount: Paramount MX
25 x 10 minutes Luminance
8/8/9 x 10 minutes RGB
Lucknow, Ontario, Canada
June 2024
Processing in PixInsight:
RGB - CombineColours, GradientRemoval, SPCC, BlurX, NoiseX, Curves,
HistogramTransform, Masked Saturation Boost, save-as-TIFF
Luminance - BlurX, NoiseX, StarX, HistogramTransform. Saved the
starless image as
TIFF and then recombined the stars and starless and saved that as TIFF
Photoshop:
Luminance layered onto RGB then Selective Colour adjustment and a
Levels adjustment. Burn tool used to dampen the enthusiasm of Deneb
trying to enter the frame top left. Additional Noise Reduction via
NoiseX. Save for Web
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