More Tarantula reprocessed

[Nikolas (Nik)]

NGC 2070 The Tarantula NebulaOver 20 hours of data taken over several nights and over a year of old and new data.
Combination of 180, 300 and 600 second subs then combined in Astropixel processor.
RGB and Ha extracted and used as a luminance layer.
One shot colour ZWO 294mc pro and the Optolong L Extreme.
​​​​​​​TSOptics 130mm with the riccardi 0.75 reducer
This is a reprocess

[Startrek (Martin)]

Nik,
Very nice reprocess
Mind boggling detail and colours , has an eerie feel to it
Well done for effort alone !
Thanks for posting
M.

[Dave882 (David)]

Yeah that’s bonkers! Incredible contrast and detail throughout the whole field and amazingly deep. Lovely!!

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Thanks guys, it's amazing what one can eke out when they have to. I just want some clear nights to add to the detail

[AstroViking (Steve)]

Wowsers.... That's an amazing image, Nik. Very well done!

[xelasnave]

Fantastic image Nik.
I love it.
If I may ask...what do you do to tame the stars?
Alex

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Thanks Steve!
Alex I use star exterminator to make a star layer as well as the starless image.
In the star image I up the contrast and star colour which helps tame the stars and give back some of the colour.

I then play around with the brightness before returning the stars back to the image. This is in photoshop as for me it allows much finer adjustment than any other platform but that's my take on it.