A rose for christmas

[andyo]

Managed to capture the data for this all in one night!!! (last Saturday), have not been able to do that in a very long time. Its a HaRGB and consists of

Ha 10x600secs

RGB 12x300secs

Using Cs6 the Ha was added to the red channel in blend mode lighten using a couple of iterations.

I know there is some elongated stars on the left mainly top left, it is a problem I have had for a while and am trying to sort out I am fairly sure it is tilt in the optical train causing this and I will be looking at checking the focuser at the weekend.

Thanks for looking and comments welcome

[Dinglem]

Very nice

[andyo]

1 hour ago, Dinglem said:

Very nice

Thanks

[MarsG76]

very nice result.. well done.... impressive that it's just a exposure in one night.

 

[andyo]

29 minutes ago, MarsG76 said:

very nice result.. well done.... impressive that it's just a exposure in one night.

 

Thanks MarsG76, yes amazed it stayed clear for the whole night and no mist so a bonus there. 

[MartinB]

It looks lovely.  You have to look pretty closely to spot the dodgy stars, they don't detract at all

[MarsG76]

7 hours ago, andyo said:

Thanks MarsG76, yes amazed it stayed clear for the whole night and no mist so a bonus there. 

I like the colors, very nice balance between the red and blue hues.

[andyo]

22 hours ago, MartinB said:

It looks lovely.  You have to look pretty closely to spot the dodgy stars, they don't detract at all

Thanks Martin. The stars are something I may end up having to live with if I cant get the tilt out by adjusting the focuser (baader steeltrack) so its reassuring to know they don't detract to much from the image