NGC 7380 (The Wizard Nebula)

 Posted: Jan 8th, 2026
Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: Sky Watcher 200P/QUATTRO
Camera: ToupTek ATR3 CMOS 26000 KPA
Mount: MT-120
Guide Scope: 60/240
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 178 MC
Software: N.I.N.A, Siril, GraXpert, PhotoShop
Accessories: 2'' MPCC MEYON
Exposure:
34 x 300" ISO/Gain: 100 - 2'' LAIDA 7nm Dual Band Filter
Yellow, Bortle 5 zoneLight Pollution:
 Sterlibashevo, Russia
 Aug 31st, 2025
2 h 50 m
63
An attempt to process material captured in August 2025 in Siril 1.4.1, using new VeraLux scripts (Silentium, Alchemy, HyperMetric Stretch, Star Composer, Vectra). For the stars, the NB_2RGB script was used. In VeraLux Alchemy, the HOO palette was selected.
Resolution: 4993x3162 px
Scale: 2673 KB
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Overall, good!
I also use Siril.
What does the NB_2RGB script do?
8 Jan, 2026 Reply
Stb-astro Replied to Ryjov Aleksey
The NarrowBand to RGB script is used after extracting stars from a narrowband image. It makes the star colors more natural. This is an attempt to avoid additional unfiltered imaging of the object just to add stars from that data.
8 Jan, 2026 Reply
Ryjov Aleksey Replied to Stb-astro
Thank you, that's actually a very good idea, I'll give it a try.
8 Jan, 2026 Reply
Class, did the alchemy itself break the channels for you? For some reason, I can't achieve the result I once got with pixel math. I used some clever algorithm, but now I can't replicate it.
8 Jan, 2026 Reply
Stb-astro Replied to Poppy8micro
Yes, by myself. There are three palettes in the alchemy: HOO, HSO, pseudo-SHO. Plus the ability to tweak the settings. Anyway, I spent the weekend watching Rich from the YouTube channel DeepSpaceAstro and decided to give it a try.
8 Jan, 2026 Reply
Poppy8micro Replied to Stb-astro
Thanks for the info, I'll give it a try too.
8 Jan, 2026 Reply

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