NGC2237 Rosette in Ha... at Ice station Zebra!

[SteveL]

Well, another clear night, but OH MY WORD was it cold!

and I may need to rethink my dew supression system for the whole night(Dew shield specifically for the Hyperstar is on its way from Astrozap soon)

Anyway... enough of the waffle, and on to the goodies

NGC 2237 Rosette Nebula in Hydrogen Alpha

OTA: NS8GPS @ f/2 (Hyperstar v3)

Guiding: William Optics ZenithStar 66 SD + DSI-C + PHD

RGB Imaging: QHY8 + MaximDL, 32 x 600s (5 hours 20 mins at f/2!!!), Astronomik 13nm Ha

Stacked: DeepSkyStacker

Post Process: ImagesPlus + PSCS2 + Noel Carboni’s AstroTools

(Click on image for larger version)

[Beyond_Vision]

Now there is dedication for you 5 hrs worth of data on the Rosette. Great capture Steve which has brought out what must be some very faint whisp of nebulosity around is edge. Your shot reminds me why I got my set up under remote control I can remember last year getting near to hypothermic attending to the image capture on the laptop.

Regards

Kevin

[barkis]

Yep.

You really have the dedication and fortitude Steve. No one can ever doubt your determination to be successful mate.

A lovely detailed Rosette brought from the coldness of deep space, to the chip of the QHY8 in frozen Cambridge.

It looks glorious full sized.

Ron.

[MartinB]

That's a huge amount of data Steve giving you a fantastic result. As good a Rosette as you will see.

[SteveL]

Wasnt sure what it woud turn out like... the moon was bright and less than 20 degrees away

[centroid]

So that's what 5 hours of data can achieve!! 8), and pretty damn good it is too.

All without the aid of a 'warm room' :shock:, I think your are ideally suited for work in the Antartic Steve

Its impressive that you captured that amount of detail with the Moonlit sky, as I did a 're-run' on M81, with double the exposure time of that I used a few nights back, and the result was quite 'wishy washy', compared to the first one.

Nice work Steve.

Dave

[lunator]

Steve

excellent pic.

Well worth the effort and the ice

[trudie]

Beautiful Steve, as we have come to expect , it was a tad nippy though was'nt it? to be honest I have warmed up from last night now!!!

Trudie

[RobH]

First class Steve, and what a great FOV with the Hyperstar!

Cheers

Rob

[thing]

Stunning image, can't say anything other than what's been said. The humidity has been terrible though hasn't it. I've only been managing a couple of hours in the garden before everything freezes/mists up.

[markcol]

Your gear must be getting used to freezing up by now Steve!

Fabulous Rosette though.

MarkC

[jgs001]

WOW... I think sums it up, for the image, the dedication, and the hours of thawing out....