[mountainjoo (Jerome)]

Originally Posted by Retrograde

Impressive image Jerome. Nice to see this object in HaLRGB

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Well Jerome, I recon this is a fabulous image, looks pretty damn good to me. I also like the framing, really nice.

Great job

Mike

Thanks Pete and Mike! Much appreciated.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

I've been using the minimum filter in Morphological Transformation with circle as the structure for star reduction (in conjunction with a mask that only exposes the stars). Would the median filter be a better choice for this? I am usually quite careful with this step, but in an effort to make the nebulosity stand out I may have pushed it too far.

Got it about the Luminance and Ha blends with red as well. The Ha as luminance can do it as well. I haven't really explored Ha blended with luminance and also with red. I should. Other ways are more flexible but perhaps a different result. Its worth exploring all the different ways and decide which approach you like the best.

I've had mixed results with this tool. At one point I thought I had it under control. But yes that is how I have used it. What I do notice is that whilst it can make an improvement to the star shapes it often damaged the main image. So a star mask would seem vital. Reducing the settings minimised that but not entirely. So becoming adept at doing a PI Star mask would seem to be important.

The approach to blending that I use is explained here. It's the only method I've used but has been reliable enough for me to not feel inclined to investigate other methods. I'd certainly like to hear how others are blending narrowband with broadband data though.