Eastern Veil Nebula

[dusty acorn]

Enjoy my latest, the Eastern Veil Nebula from a Bortle 3 sky in southwestern Kansas. 5 hours 15 minutes integration time.

I’m a bit out of practice, had a big move and life stuff, so this was my first shoot since March. Great to get back under the night sky though!

ZWO ASIAIR Plus
ZWO 533 MC Pro
ZWO Dual narrowband filter
William Optics Zenthistar 73 at 430mm
Celestron AVX mount

[rain urchin]

For 15 minutes it’s pretty good

[past yarrow]

Actually impressive

All I would do is change the colors to smth like this

[dusty acorn]

Five hours and fifteen minutes haha. Only 15 minutes total would be nuts.

[severe trail]

yeah background is very green. Looks like nice data tho, nice!

[rain urchin]

Oh I didn’t see the 5 the stars do kinda look weird for 5 hours tho

[severe trail]

can i try the data?

[dusty acorn]

Did you just mess with the green channel a bit more? I struggled to get the stars to a more suitable color. I’ve got another clear night tonight, and was debating adding another 5 hours to it to see how that changes it, or shoot something different. I’m leaning towards a different DSO because I don’t know when I’ll be able to shoot again.

[past yarrow]

I just adjusted warmth and tint so there's more red and magenta, and less blue and green

[dusty acorn]

Photoshop or Pix?

[dusty acorn]

I’m not big on giving out data, but I’m definitely open to recommendations on how to make it less green!

[past yarrow]

phone 💀

I think you might be able to use the White Balance Tool in PS by rectangling the background. And in Pix, use CurvesTransformation to reduce greens and blue in the midtone area

[dusty acorn]

I gotcha. I appreciate the recommendation!

[past yarrow]

Ofc anytime :)

[dusty acorn]

Yeah, it’s the dual narrowband filter. Makes all the stars look teal. I need to upgrade to an L-enhance or something, but that’s just more $$$ and I’m trying to master what techniques are available to me with the tools I have.

[rain urchin]

Yeah I bet there’s some program that can fix it digitally

[dusty acorn]

I know pix does, but I’ve got the Adobe creative suite, so I use Photoshop. I can’t justify purchasing Pix atm. Besides, if I had $250 to spend, I’d probably just buy the L-enhance 💀

[rain urchin]

Yeah I think it’s like 325 now

[dusty acorn]

Oof, L-enhance, here I come

[dusty acorn]

@rain urchin @past yarrow

I think this looks a lot better in fixing the background.

[rain urchin]

Nice it’s a little to warm for my liking but here’s what I think is better just a slight tweak to the temperature

[dusty acorn]

My final retouch!

[past yarrow]

Very nice, although it looks a little clipped in the blacks