Photographer:
Antonio Ferretti & Attilio Bruzzone
Location of Photo:
Lanciano (Italy)
Date/Time of photo:
June 2025
Equipment:
Telescope: Meade LX200 ACF 10" OTA Camera QHYCCD QHY268 M Mount: 10Micron GM2000 HPS II Filter Ha + OIII (Astrodon) + Hb (Astronomik) + SII (Baader) Total Integration: 83 h Software: N.I.N.A. and PixInsight
Description:
The image was processed in an HOO palette, with H-alpha mapped to red and OIII mapped to green and blue. Additional H-beta and SII data were later blended in using a screen blending mode, with H-beta encoded in blue and SII encoded in yellow. The natural star colors were restored using PixInsights' Ballesteros blackbody estimator tool.
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