R Aquarii HOO + RGB stars

R Aquarii HOO + RGB stars
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R Aquarii HOO + RGB stars

See a warning below if you intend to use stars from newly released LRGB datasets.

As mentioned in prior postings this is a symbiotic white dwarf and red giant binary star system. More details available from other images in the gallery.

This image has the benefit of an additional 2 hours of oxygen data from a very recent AR, but could really benefit from more, It could also do with more hydrogen alpha data.
Several iterations of curves adjustments using slightly imperfect masks has brought out more nebulosity, but unfortunately more noise.

Warning:
The RGB stars for this image were from just the one currently available dataset. This as I discovered later on led to false stars being inserted in 2 parts of the image. A pair of red and green stars close together and similarly a pair of red and blue stars. I've not had the time to verify this, but suspect it's an asteroid. This can be successfully cloned out. It remains to be seen whether when more datasets are integrated these will be excluded.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
Planewave CDK24
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
QHY 600M Pro
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
Rio Hurtado, Chile
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
October to December 2024
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
Astrodon HO RGB
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
PixInsight RC Astro tools and Photoshop
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Credits
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