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Old 06-10-2019, 07:12 PM
Jasp05 (Aaron)
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Optolong L-Enhance Filter - Tarantula Nebula

Hi guys,

I recently picked up the Optolong L-enhance filter and am quite impressed with how well it cuts through light pollution.

My only issue is it seems to cast a very "Red" hue to the images which I struggle to tame.

My camera is an astromodded Canon 550D so my images generally have a red tinge to them anyway, but that I can take care of in post processing.

So this was 3hrs worth of 3min subs at ISO 1600. This is reasonably low on the horizon looking through the worst of the light pollution. Don't mind the framing. I still need to crop it a bit. (still had the camera rotated slightly for one of the imaging runs and never realized from a previous target).

If you have any tips to taming the colours in the image I'm all ears. The filter is meant to block everything but H beta, O3, and Ha. But I don't see too much blue/ green O3 signal coming in.

Image has had a slight curves stretch and levels adjustment.

Astrobin for Higher Res: https://www.astrobin.com/full/ps0kbb/0/?nc=user
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