| Pelican Nebula. Mosiac
of six frames.
Each individual image was bias subtracted and filtered with median 3x3
5%. The images for each frame of the mosaic were then added to give six
master images. These were then saved as bitmaps. The mosaic was assembled
in Adobe Photoshop. The top left image was used as the base and the canvas
size expanded to accommodate the other five frames. Each image was cropped
to leave a small overlap, then cut using a feathered border and pasted
to a new layer on the original image canvas. Each individual frame was
positioned by reducing the opacity to see the underlying image and by
moving, skewing and rotating as required to get the best alignment. Finally
the opacity was returned to 100% before moving on to the next frame. Once
all the components were in place, each individual layer was manipulated
using brightness, contrast and curves to match and hid the joins. The
layers were then flattened and final contrast and brightness adjustment
carried out. This was a brief exposure to plan for a better shot in the
near future. The overlaps were quite large, resulting in inefficient use
of the field of view.
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