First go at the Rosette Nebula

[StuartT]

Reasonably happy with this for only one hour of data. It's clearly a v bright target.

Esprit 150 ED APO (with 0.77x reducer), ASI2600MC Pro, Optolong L-Extreme.

1.5 arcsec/px

 

Edited February 28, 2022 by StuartT

[Sterrenland]

Lovely pic....the Rosette always looks stunning!

[Stuart1971]

25 minutes ago, StuartT said:

Reasonably happy with this for only one hour of data. It's clearly a v bright target.

Esprit 150 ED APO (with 0.77x reducer), ASI2600MC Pro, Optolong L-Extreme

 

Superb image, and only one hour, I posted an image of this target a couple of days ago with just 1 hour with the same filter and camera…well mine is the QHY version….👍🏼 BTW what sub lengths did you use…??

this was mine 

 

Edited February 27, 2022 by Stuart1971

[bottletopburly]

Excellent image well done the 2600 is an amazingly good camera .

[StuartT]

8 hours ago, Stuart1971 said:

Superb image, and only one hour, I posted an image of this target a couple of days ago with just 1 hour with the same filter and camera…well mine is the QHY version….👍🏼 BTW what sub lengths did you use…??

this was mine 

 

Thank you. I never use exposures longer than 35 sec (as I have never ventured into guiding). With a camera as good as the 2600 and a target as bright as this, I’m not sure there is any need for longer exposures, frankly. But I’m happy to be persuaded otherwise.

[simmo39]

Nice capture!

[Stuart1971]

1 hour ago, StuartT said:

Thank you. I never use exposures longer than 35 sec (as I have never ventured into guiding). With a camera as good as the 2600 and a target as bright as this, I’m not sure there is any need for longer exposures, frankly. But I’m happy to be persuaded otherwise.

I used 2 min subs in mine with the L-Extreme, as you need to swamp any read noise, so a decent amount of signal is always good…👍🏼

[StuartT]

Ok, my life just changed!

I installed Pixinsight today! Here is the above image, re-done

 

[teoria_del_big_bang]

Wow, that's a bit different, lovely  colours, still subtle so not in your face but it brings out so much more detail, especially the dark stuff.

Steve 

[StuartT]

Honestly, Pixinsight is a real revelation! Now I understand what all the fuss is about!

[teoria_del_big_bang]

31 minutes ago, StuartT said:

Honestly, Pixinsight is a real revelation! Now I understand what all the fuss is about!

I love PI as well, I think if you get the way it works as it is very different to most other photo processing software then it is not the massive learning curve some seem to think it is.
Of course there are so many processes and scripts that you are not going to master it all over a weekend but many of them are not required to get good images. 

Steve