Wallpaper author:
Philip Wollenberg
17 Jun 2021
NGC 6188 - Fighting Dragons of Ara
Processing Workflow
Pixinsight
Luminance
- Dynamic PSF
- Local support - Starmask / HT
- DC w/ Regularlization
RGB Layer
- PixelMath SHO Combination
- STF Unlinked / HT
- Invert / SCNR Green 1.0 / Invert
- DC / Dynamic PSF
- LRGB Combination
RGB Starless Layer (sharp)
- Starnet
RGB Starless Layer (MMT)
- MMT (Jon Rista method w/ select wavelets) Chrominance and Luminance
Photoshop
Top Layer - RGB / Mask - Range Select + Levels
Middle Layer - RGB Starless Layer (sharp) / Mask (main object)
Lower Layer - RGB Starless (MMT)
ColorEfex - Detail Extractor / Mask (main object)
Smart Sharpen
Dodge and Sponge Tool
Clean-up with spot healer
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 6188
2 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ML16200
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 249.92084 Dec -48.55611
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................13 Apr 2021 - 13 Apr 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 50m | 5 |
| SII | 600 | 50m | 5 |
| OIII | 600 | 50m | 5 |