Orion Nebula multiband study, featured

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  IHO palette
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  RGB palette (true color)
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  HaRGBOIII palette (similar to above but with enhanced emission features)
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  IR(G+B) palette (if you could see infrared, this would be true color)
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  HaIR(G+B)OIII palette (similar to above but with enhanced emission features)
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  IHH (Chicago) palette
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  HOO palette

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•  Info These images are the result of over 17 hours of gathered data across four panels and six bands (IR, red, green, blue, H-alpha, [O III]), showcasing a variety of different ways that an astrophotographic target like the Orion Nebula may be processed. All images are aligned pixel for pixel for use in animations/blink comparisons. Created, uploaded, and nominated by yours truly. —brainandforce [yap] 08:48, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Abstain as author. If anyone wants a crack at the data, just ask. —brainandforce [yap] 08:48, 5 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:25, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Support --UnpetitproleX (Talk) 04:03, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 13:35, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Support Great technical description provided. JayCubby (talk) 16:48, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Support dllu (talk) 07:56, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 10:06, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Comment Updated the HaRGBOIII version - it was the incorrect size and I also stretched it a bit more strongly. —brainandforce [yap] 10:08, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Support -- Giles Laurent (talk) 11:59, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Support Юрий Д.К. 15:08, 7 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 03:53, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Support --Msb (talk) 19:02, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Oppose I'm sorry, but I don't think that this is a valid set. Which criteria for a set do you believe to fulfill? Why do these 7 palettes build a set? why not 3 more or 2 less? We have also seen so spectacular astronomical objects that I'm not sure either about the wow factor, still I have tons of respect for your work, as I'm capable to get closer to it. --Poco a poco (talk) 19:08, 8 April 2026 (UTC)

  I think this is a fair question. I'd say it falls under point 3, "A group of images depicting the same subject from different viewpoints" - while "viewpoints" can't be taken literally when your subject is 1,300 light years away, I'd argue that astronomical images processed from differing combinations of bands follows the spirit. While it's possible to combine bands essentially arbitrarily, these images collectively cover 5 bands most commonly imaged by amateur astronomers (RGB, H-alpha, [O III]) along with near infrared, and they're all wavelength ordered.

  As for wow factor, I take a relatively minimal approach to processing, so there's definitely ways these images could be cleaned up, but I wanted to keep the final results true to the raw data. —brainandforce [yap] 08:27, 9 April 2026 (UTC)

•  Support Assuming that the selection of palettes is more or less representative for the common approaches to process this kind of data today. – Aristeas (talk) 09:31, 10 April 2026 (UTC)
•  Oppose Not a valid set, per Poco. You can show 50 colors like these -- Basile Morin (talk) 02:58, 13 April 2026 (UTC)