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Old 08-09-2019, 05:57 PM
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NGC6334 - Cat's Paw - HSO

Herewith the last deliverable from my NGC6334 project with the narrow band combination presented in the HSO pallet. I tried a number of different variations on the mix and landed on this one primarily because I felt that the presentation allowed for the differentiation of the different channels, at least visually. The aesthetics of the image were challenging me initially but I found that the more that I starred at it the more it grew on me

I also combined the three narrow band masters into a single, enhanced, greyscale luminance and even though I didn't finish up using it I felt that it made a nice stand alone image so have published that as well.

And, just for a bit of informative fun, I assembled the narrow band masters and results as well as the RGB image into a single file with a 16:9 canvas so that it fits nicely on the PC screen. Turned out to be quite a large file at 317 Mb.

Links to images on Astrobin follow:
Narrow band HSO image
Enhanced Luminance image
Combination image

I have uploaded a full resolution of the combination image to Gigapan here for the pixel peepers that would like to journey into the depths

Comments and critiques welcome.
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