NGC7380

NGC7380
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NGC7380

This is an open cluster surrounded by an emission nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. This object is also known as the Wizard Nebula. Data from the observation bundle: Halpha - 56 x 120s, SII - 48 x 120s, OIII - 48 x 120 s.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
SPA-2-CMOS Officina Stellare ProRC 700
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
QHY 600M
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
May - Jun, 2023
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Halpha, SII, OIII
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
PixInsight, RC-Astro tools, Photoshop
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Ken Abremski / Telescope Live
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Thanks for your kind words, Mike. Actually for this image, I followed the method of Peter Jenkins from his latest tutorial on Photoshop emission nebula Masterclass. I did the initial integration in PixInsight, but did the remainder of the processing in Photoshop. It seemed to go together and I was happy with the results. Good luck! Ken

Great image Ken ..... but how did you manage it?
After seeing you image I downloaded the very same HSO image set to try it for myself. I quickly found that the Ha set were very good quality but the Sii and Oiii sets were very grainy and poor quality :-( I am not a "newbie" and have done a fair bit of Asro processing ... but my end results with this image set are very disappointing what ever techniques I have used.
Any idea what I am missing?