Rosette Nebula

[vineyard]

Hello,

Took my laptop on recent travels and managed to process my first ever attempt at Rosette.  This is 9h47 of OSC data (ASI294MCPro) taken with Astronomik UHC & CLSCCD filters double-stacked.  An old TV102iis scope - f/8.6 native but reduced & flattened to f/6.8.  But even so, the combination of the FOV & the camera sensor size mean that the Rosette can't fit fully in, but I'm still quite happy w what has emerged.  I cropped top & bottom a sliver to take out effects of different days (can only get about 2-3h of data on a given day due to trees etc) and a bit left & right to remove some gradients that were there (from memory from the direction the moon was in).

Three images below (JPG'd for size) - the first a partially star-reduced one, the second a more star-reduced one to draw out the nebulosity further, and the third the non-star reduced one.  I think this target definitely benefits from some star reduction to bring out the nebular features more - I like how the Bok objects stand out & there are definitely regions I'd like to look at more deeply with a larger aperture some day...ah well.

All c&c welcome.

Cheers,

Vin