Thank you for sharing your photos - this is exactly what this project is all about! :-)
It turns out to be a very difficult object to process...
But I figured out how to work with masks, everything was automatically overexposed if I wanted to stretch the wings. That is, two options: either the wings are white in the center, or no wings but the center is normal.
I made two stretches: one with wings, the second the center, then masks, and then addition in PixelMath. Of course, all actions without stars, working only with the background.
Added more hydrogen with oxygen and shot the stars in RGB, of course they are fluffy and there are many of them, but they appeared in the center, in the previou…
It turns out to be a very difficult object to process... But I figured out how to work with masks, everything was automatically overexposed if I wanted to stret…
The processing is exactly as described. It's a very, very bright object. That's why I have 11 hours of integration data waiting for me to master HDR in PixInsight. I don't remember the exact name of the tool, but it automatically creates as many smart stretches as needed, and it's done with literally one "Make it pretty" button. If I'm mistaken about anything, please correct me.
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