Frst Light - RedCat 51 - Rosette

[Adreneline]

Not ideal conditions because by the time the skies had cleared the Rosette was getting down to 30 degress and less.

Nevertheless I was keen to try the new acquisition so this is 20 x 180s Ha, 12 x 180s OIII and 9 x 180s SII taken with ASI1600MM-Pro Cooled using Astronomik 6nm filters.

Calibrated, registered and integrated in APP; processed in PixInsight using Starnet; stars combined with the starless image in Affinity; minimal noise reduction in Topaz DeNoise.

It goes without saying more time/data would have helped and catching the target when it was still well above 30 degress would perhaps have produced tighter stars.

Not too bad for a first outing though.

As ever comments and critique welcome.

Thanks for looking.

Adrian

[Sunshine]

A beautiful image, colors are just perfect, that’s a pic for a frame.

[Adreneline]

1 hour ago, Sunshine said:

A beautiful image, colors are just perfect, that’s a pic for a frame.

Thank you! I was pretty pleased with my first image from the RedCat.

Enjoy Christmas!

Adrian

[Phillyo]

This is really really nice. Very subtle processing! That redcat is looking lovely!

[Adreneline]

3 minutes ago, Phillyo said:

This is really really nice. Very subtle processing!

Thank you! I was concerned I'd pushed the colour too far - glad you like it.

The RedCat is indeed looking very nice - beautifully made and finished - even the good lady likes it!

Enjoy Christmas!

Adrian

[Phillyo]

No I think the colours are great. I might be tempted to lighten them up a little bit to enhance them a bit more, but that's just personal preference. Oh you have it set up with an EAF too! Very nice. Where did you get the adapter from? I'm tempted to get one for next year, once they're back in stock!

[Adreneline]

27 minutes ago, Phillyo said:

Where did you get the adapter from?

The 'L' shaped bracket was with the EAF - combined with a pulley and belt from Motionco - needs a bit of fine tuning but seems to work.

Adrian

[geeklee]

That's come out great Adrian. Lovely palette too 👍

[Adreneline]

16 minutes ago, geeklee said:

That's come out great Adrian. Lovely palette too 

Thank you Lee. It's not looking too bad - unguided again so a little bit of elongation but not too much.

Adrian

[Allinthehead]

Great first light.