The Rosette Nebula HaOiiiRGB - 25 hours

[Mr_42tr0nomy]

I finally finished capturing exposures of the Rosette Nebula. After a long month and a half, the total data collected and put into this image is 25 hours! I threw a ton of bad exposures away which took off about 7 hours. Ran into a few problems along the way, lol. Hope you all enjoy! 

Ha:14hrs     Oiii: 5 hrs     RGB: 6hrs total 

clear skies!

 

 

[Ken_nneth]

I love it, just wish it was mine.

[Shibby]

Very nice indeed! What equipment did you use?

[Mr_42tr0nomy]

6 hours ago, Shibby said:

Very nice indeed! What equipment did you use?

Thank you! Sorry for exclusion of details, I used a William Optics 102mm apo, ATIK 414ex and the Orion atlas with a qhy-5ll autoguider

[Mr_42tr0nomy]

I did a bit of color correction. May or may not be better, I just thought it looked a tad more details and natural 

[MartinFransson]

Doesn't get much better than that! Loved the first version.

[Barry-Wilson]

The first image for me: it's a cracker.

From your comment heading the second image, I think you sensed that you'd marginally over done the processing.

If you are looking for a suggestion, I would take the first image and introduce some small contrast curve adjustments that will increase some depth of field into the first image.

[Rodd]

First for me too--I love the gassy quality--not the opaque clayish object one usually sees.  

Rodd

[StargeezerTim]

You should get a long service award for this! Superb image..

[Mr_42tr0nomy]

On 12/3/2017 at 13:21, Barry-Wilson said:

The first image for me: it's a cracker.

From your comment heading the second image, I think you sensed that you'd marginally over done the processing.

If you are looking for a suggestion, I would take the first image and introduce some small contrast curve adjustments that will increase some depth of field into the first image.

I did apply some contrast adjustments and fiddled with the levels as tad. Thanks for the input!

[Mr_42tr0nomy]

On 12/5/2017 at 10:38, StargeezerTim said:

You should get a long service award for this! Superb image..

I'm actually not familiar with a long service award? What is it and where do I apply ??

[ollypenrice]

This a a lovely result. I like the soft touch on the processing.

Olly

[alan4908]

Very good - I must have a go at this myself, although I don't think I'll manage 25 hours...

Alan