Be_142 LRGB

Be_142 LRGB
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Be_142 LRGB

Here's my rendition of Be_142. All I could find, on this object, is that it's a portion of the Chamaeleon molecular cloud (CHA-1) and contains Ced 110 and Ced 111 which are reflection nebula. Also are Herbig-Haro objects HH 49 and HH 50.
This was a VERY difficult object to process due to the tremendous star field that it's nestled in. I downloaded all the calibration data and RAW lights so I could process it with WBPP and NSG in Pixinsight.
Hopefully I did it justice!
Tom
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
AUS-2 Takahashi FSQ-106ED
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
FLI PL 16803
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Australia
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
January-April 2022 8h 10min Total Exposure Time
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Astrodon LRGB 2GEN
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Pixinsight
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope Live/ Tom Peter
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Beautiful! I am currently working on this but with only a single OneClickObservation by AUS-2 and, as it's my first dark nebula, I am having a bit hard times trying to take the nebulosity out, it's a whole different game from HII regions

Thanks Moreno! If I can make a suggestion. If you're using Pixinsight, take the luminance, make a copy of it, run StarNet2 on the nonlinear copy, then process the starless image till you get a good representation of the dust (emphasis on the dust) with a darkened background, then use the BlendScript in the screen mode to put the luminance image with stars and the luminance image starless together (both nonlinear) at about a 50/50 opacity. Then process as you wish.
Thanks Again and Hope It Helps!
Tom
PS: You will also need to do Adam Block's star reduction method. Adam's videos are a must if you're using Pixinsight.