Rosette Ha

[Rodd]

I have always wanted to do a close in of the center of the Rosette, but the closest I ever got was cropping wider FOV images.  No matter how hard I tried, it just didn't fool anybody.  I hadn't planned on doing it this time, but clouds didn't leave me much choice.  I started imaging at midnight, and out of the targets available, decided on the Rosette.  Seeing was only fair, and I got a late start, so I will be adding Ha to this while the Moon is up before collecting OIII and SII.  Themn, maybe RGB.  

TOA 130 with .99x flattener and ASI 1600.  3nm Ha: 40 300 sec Bin 1

I posted 2 versions, a darker and a lighter becuase I can't choose.

 

 

Edited November 25, 2023 by Rodd
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[ollypenrice]

The lighter has more information, the darker has more mood... or so it seems to me. Keep 'em both!

Olly

Edit: I should have added that both are flawless.

Edited November 25, 2023 by ollypenrice
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[Rodd]

3 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

The lighter has more information, the darker has more mood... or so it seems to me. Keep 'em both!

Olly

Edit: I should have added that both are flawless.

Thanks, Olly  Wise words, as usual.  

[simmo39]

Not much in it to my eyes, I would be happy with either.

[gorann]

Both looks great Rodd! I would rotate the image 90° counter-clockwise to get the leaping cheetah in the correct position😉.

Edited November 26, 2023 by gorann

[Rodd]

7 hours ago, simmo39 said:

Not much in it to my eyes, I would be happy with either.

Thanks. I would be too. But last night it was supposed to be clear with good seeing until dawn.  And the seeing was amazing, I was getting subs of ngc 1491 with FWHM of 1.6”. I couldn’t wait until the Rosette rose. But then, after 10 subs of < 2”, the clouds rolled in. I only got 10 additional subs, but the FWHM of the stack dropped by .5”!   It’s amazing what good seeing will do to an image. Now it’s hard to be satisfied until I get 100 subs under good seeing!

[Rodd]

2 hours ago, gorann said:

Both looks great Rodd! I would rotate the image 90° counter-clockwise to get the leaping cheetah in the correct position😉.

Don’t forget the pack of dogs at his heels and the other members of the menagerie!