Image Data:
Scope: AP155EDF w FF and FocusBoss II motorized focuser
Camera: Moravian Instruments G4 (16803 ccd) w Astrodon Gen II LRGB
Mount: Paramount MX
LRGB: 15/15/15/11 x 10 min
Lucknow, Ontario, Canada
Sept 2026
Images acquired using CCD-Commander and TheSkyX
Reduction and all pre-processing in PixInsight.
PixInsight: GradientCorrection, SPCC, BlurX, on both the RGB and L then StarX on the Luminance ONLY. then:
on the starless Luminance: MAS, HistogramTransformation, Curves, NoiseX, masked LocalHistogramEqualization.
on the RGB: MAS, HistogramTransformation then a masked Saturation boost via Curves

Photoshop: Layered the Luminance over the RGB as Lumosity @ 25% opacity then save-for-web