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Scope: C8 203mm at f/4.6, Location: Laguna Mountains, CA 15 September, 2007, Camera: Artemis285
Exposure: 10 x 8 min H-Alpha (1x1), 8 x 1.5 min RGB Exposures (2x2).
Processing: Images were captured with Artemis Capture (as FITs). Aligned/stacked and dark subtracted in Astroart with Sigma Combine. Central gradient removal was performed in Astroart. H-Alpha and Color channels were scaled and color balanced in Astroart. Channels were co-registered in Astroart. Luminance construction consisted of the H-Alpha exposure. Curves and Levels applied in Photoshop to the Luminance construction to optimize object features. Final LRGB combine was done in Photoshop using Luminance Layering (or LLRGB) in LAB Color Space. A color adjustment was made to correct the color at low RGB signal levels. Selective sharpening was applied to nebula features in Photoshop with a layer mask. Final Image size is approximately 1044x1392
North is up in this image. IC 63 is an emission / reflection nebula in the constellation of The Horizontal FOV is 34'.
Image center is located approximately - Equatorial 2000: RA: 00h 59m 55s Dec: +60°57'43"