Image : NGC6618/M17/Omega Nebula

Another way of processing: The nebula RGB colors were equally balanced. Thus the dominance of Hydrogen is removed and other emission colors can be seem. With the overall image of the nebulosity balanced now a slight local excess of Hydrogen will be red, and Oxygen III will b green/blue.

Updated processing: Less dynamic stretch, protect colors burnout in the center during GHS stretch

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Original processing:

Exposure and processing: Dither guiding, dark & flat calibration, background neutralization, RGB align, deconvolution, color balance, stretch, denoise.

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Copyright images and processing Gert Gottschalk.
Copyright Bilder und Verarbeitung Gert Gottschalk.

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