WR134 Wolf Rayet Star_HOO_26-10-14 v1

WR134 Wolf-Rayet Star

Per Wiki, this star is located around 6,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus, surrounded by a faint bubble nebula blown by the intense radiation and fast wind from the star. It is five times the radius of the sun, due to a temperature over 63,000 K it is 400,000 times as luminous as the Sun.

 

Gear:

• Mount: ZWO AM5

• Main Cam: ZWO ASI294MM Pro @ gain 120 and -10C

• Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120MM Mini with Askar OAG

• Telescope: Askar 103APO w/ 1x flattener - 700mm f/6.8

• Filter: Antlia EDGE Ha and Oiii 4.5nm

Acquisition:

• Location: SW Columbus, Tx - Bortle 3/4 and Houston Backyard ~ Bortle 9

• Sessions: 2026-10-08,09,10,11,14

• Exposures 5minute - Ha 10h00m, Oiii 12h30m

Pixinsight Processing - SHO - 2026-08+

• Auto DBE, BTX correct, BTX

• Create stars only image

• Clone channels, STX, discard starless

• NB to RGB Stars Combination script - w star stretch

• Create Starless only channels

• Linear Fit, Statistical Stretch, NXT, Channel Combination

• STX no stars, NBNormalization

• HT to set black point, Curves for color balance, Saturation

• LRGB combination using starless Ha

Photoshop Processing

• Starless

• Levels color balancing, selective colors

• ACR highlights, black point, clarity, color mixer, noise reduction

• Stars

• Layer 1 - Screen Layer, Curves, copy layer

• Layer 2 - Screen Layer, Mask Larger stars, invert, blur out tiny speck stars

• Watermark

Done