Pencil Nebula

Pencil Nebula
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Pencil Nebula

Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736) from CHI-1 Pro and One-Click Datasets. Processed using HOO palette.

I am still trying to find a balance between dark background and faint nebulosity. Any tips or pointers are welcome.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Planewave CDK24
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
FLI ProLine PL9000
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
El Sauce Observatory, Chile
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
20 Feb 2021, 14 Feb 2021, 11 Feb 2021, 04 Feb 2021
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
HO
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Pixinsight, Photoshop, Topaz
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Pro dataset curated by Peter Jenkins.
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Comments

Actually, not a lot of "dark background" in this field! -- faint nebulosity is pervasive. The pro dataset for this one is a bit noisy, so i was interested to see that you'd "topped up" with a one-click; how much extra integration did that give you?

In the Pro Dataset there were 4x600s for Halpha and 5x600s for OIII. In the One-Click Observations I have 6x300s for Halpha and 6x300s for OIII. So One-Click Observations added quite a lot of exposure time. The resulting image was still quite noisy, maybe I am spoiled because usually I see very little noise even in One-Click Observations.

I agree that this area has a lot of background nebulosity. When I tried with RGB+HOO almost the whole background was a bit red