u/sirpsys

Heyo! I'm looking for the best way to do a certain kind of processing. I have three data sets on one target: one taken with a dual narrowband 3nm Ha and OIII, one taken with dual narrowband 7nm OIII and SII, and one set of unfiltered broadband data. All taken on a ZWO 2600MC Pro.

What I really want is the subteltly of color from my broadband data, and the luminance and detail from my narroband data. I imagine I could just use the narrowband data as a luminance channel and the broadband as RGB but then I sacrifice the "clean" look of the narrowband don't I? Is there a superior way of masking the nebulosity so that the background stays clean without being "degraded" by the broadband data, while still retaining broadband colors? Maybe some photoshop layers/channels magic?

I really want the best of both worlds. I find SHO images to lack a little subteltly in color gradation that I see from broadband OSC images, while those broadband OSC images are missing some contrast and detail

I am very new to this so the answer may be very obvious, or the question might be inherently flawed.

90% of the time these days this is just used as an anti-intellectual way of passively dismissing a voiced concern that the listener (or reader) isn't willing to, or capable of considering/engaging with. I think it makes the person who says it feel like they made a point when (to me) it just reads as "I don't even understand what you said and I don't actually care enough about understanding the world or using my brain to try". Of course I expect the now required "it's not that deep" responses to this post. Fair play.

I just upgraded from a stock Canon 5D Mark IV to a 2600mc. Honestly apart from the no cooling, canon banding issues, and a mirror shadow across the bottom of every image; I was loving the shots I was able to get with my 5D Mark IV. They seemed to have colors I liked a lot more than many I see on astrobin.

My 2600 arrives tomorrow and I'm wondering if I should bother trying a filter. I loved the rich variety of colors I was getting with no filter on my old camera and I worry that even a quad band will produce images with less subtle color gradients and richness. If it ain't broke don't fix it? Cheers

A few of the images from my Mark IV: https://app.astrobin.com/u/justinzoll

I was using their whips, ring emitters, arkal filters...everything. Sending money directly to Isreal doesn't sit with me. They get it out of my taxes as it is.

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