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    Maximising large, faint nebulae

    Sep 14, 2023 2 minutes

    Expert processing tips to enhance your astrophotos

    One of the enjoyable aspects of astrophotography is exploring new techniques to improve your processing skills. Since originally processing my narrowband image, ‘The Runaway Star of Sh2-27’, shortlisted in 2022’s APY competition, my processing today is quite different.

    Sh2-27 is an extremely large ionisation nebula in Ophiuchus, which spans 13 degrees or 26 full Moons across the sky. I imaged it with a

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