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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · 1st Astroimage of 2021 - Rosette Revisited | |
So I am back set up with my gear down in AZ and me in snowy CO able to take data again, since about the beginning of March. This time I wanted to try again to image the magnificent Rosette Nebula, a target I had originally captured back in back in November 2015 using a cooled OSC camera. That attempt was compromised by me forgetting to take my camera out of sub-framing mode until I had quite a bit of data, resulting in an image of pretty much just the core. This time I did not make that mistake. Even so, this object does not quite fully fit in my FOV at 580mm, but it is much closer.
I took this data over the first half of March with some days unavailable due to weather. The final total is about 12.7 hours. The stars were captured separately using RGB filters and added back into the nebula after the mix was done. This is such a beautiful object even when imaged in LRGB that I decided to mix my narrowband channels in more of an approximation of a natural color look, giving a pink rose color to the outer reaches and then just a hint of the blue contribution from the OIII in the core area. The SII signal was also mixed in a little bit, mostly for some added definition.
Comments and critiques very welcome, and thanks for looking!
Rosette Nebula in 'Natural Mix' Narrowband
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