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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.