The Forsaken Nebula - SHO

[soft field]

This is 12h on my Esprit 100ED with HOO stars and the scnr trick to get the colors looking somewhat broadband. More details on AstroBin.

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awesome process, well done

#🏆-hall-of-fame lookin real empty atm

[hearty topaz]

holy

That looks so good

[simple pumice]

lovely

[strong current]

Reminds me of the sheen to labradorite

[soft field]

Also exactly what I thought of when first seeing the region in SHO Tangential, but I love how labradorescence is an independent physical phenomenon from opalescence or iridescence.

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or like opal

[untold schooner]

@soft field What's your method to processing SHO here? It's very good. I'm new to trying SHO processing and its been a trainwreck so far. Being that Ha is naturally the strongest of the three channels since it's asigned to green my SHO always comes out very green and it seems when I correct it by calibration its still kind of green so when I fix it with RGB curves the image is really just starting to fall apart and the noise is getting bad

And the colors just aren't very consistent

[simple pumice]

what’s the SCNR trick?

[soft field]

Thanks, I actually apply the unlinked STF as my original stretch then go from there

[soft field]

On the stars you scnr, invert, scnr, then invert. They end up looking decently “broadband” if you start with HOO.

[simple pumice]

ohh it’s for stars - sorry didn’t read right lol

[soft field]

No worries!

[untold schooner]

That tells me nothing

But thanks

[soft field]

You can always ask a question without being snide 😅 Happy to explain further

[untold schooner]

I've always found processing with unlinked STF to be pointless cause once you convert to a nonlinear state the STF is linked

[soft field]

I literally apply the STF, as in it’s no longer a screen function it becomes the nonlinear stretch.

[untold schooner]

When was I ever being like that..?

[soft field]

I use Jimmy’s script for that, but you can also use HT

Saying “That tells me nothing but thanks” is giving “thanks for nothing”, or at least that’s how it makes me feel when I read it

[untold schooner]

Because I was trying to kindly inquire about your processing methodology and your response was very bleek

But It's not a problem as you've already mentioned helpful things

So, thanks

[soft field]

Wasn’t bleek, the message explained it. You can always ask questions :)

*bleak

[untold schooner]

bleek is also correct

[soft field]

“Literally” meaning apply is a nonlinear as opposed to just the screen function