Pixinsight Tutorial: Colorize H-alpha Mono Data

Have you ever wanted to get some color for your H-Alpha monochrome data? Still waiting for a clear night to gather your OIII or SII data and want a change from black-and-white H-alpha treatments? This tutorial is for you!
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Looking at the Data
01:43 Convert to RGB Colorspace
03:04 Curves Transformation
06:39 Exponential Tranformation and Dark Structure Enhance
07:23 Add Stars Back In
08:39 Star Reduction Steps
10:22 Final Thoughts
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[@WindyCityAstrophotography]

Thanks for watching! What is your favorite H-alpha object or region to image?

[@DSOImager]

Pretty handy when waiting for that next clear night. :)

[@WindyCityAstrophotography]

For sure!

[@jeremyphillips1134]

Excellent - really useful. Thanks for posting

[@olly7248]

Nice tutorial, thanks for doing this👍🏻

[@WindyCityAstrophotography]

Thanks very much!

[@Lasserubinskov]

Thanks for posting. I have some ha-data that I’ll try this one :)

[@davidleejenkins]

Creative technique! This is timely as I just finished some lengthy Ha subs. I’ll give this a go while waiting to acquire Sii and Oiii.

[@michaelasbury5473]

I was just looking for this exact thing yesterday. Thanks for posting!

[@WindyCityAstrophotography]

Thanks very much, glad it was helpful!

[@astrophoto_andy3335]

Another winner Nick! I always find a new way to photograph the Pelican nebula. Doing a 2x2 mosaic using your technique you shared right now. I was out last night about 20 minutes from Green River. A bit sleepy today though. LOL

[@WindyCityAstrophotography]

Fantastic! Was considering a Green River trip either last night or tonight but schedule didn't allow. Making the most of it from Bortle 9 though 😎

[@astrophoto_andy3335]

@@WindyCityAstrophotography Yeah, me too from Bortle 7 but at least I can go to bed soon as the session gets going. LOL

[@WindyCityAstrophotography]

@@astrophoto_andy3335 Ha! It's the opposite for me; I actually get plenty of sleep at a remote site because no one's around. In the city I gotta stay up with the scope