La Vie En Rose - Rosette Nebula - NGC2237 - SHO RGB custom Elp pallette

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Since I've started AP I've always wanted to image this target but winters are filled with many targets and for whatever reason I've always given this one a miss, "until next time". It is quite a wonderful target as it's rich in signal in all three narrowband passes and the SHO result I entered into this years narrowband competition, for me I believe is one of my best (but I also attribute this to the rich structure and strong signal of the Rosette):

 

BUT, I wasn't done with it. I wanted to add my custom pallette touch of blending RGB "true" colour with the SHO Hubble similar to the Heart and Soul I did end of 2023. AP is subjective at times and I find it interesting in experimenting with blends (much like a nice tipple) to get an appealing look. And also every processed image seems to turn out different as you learn new things all the time, one of the benefits I believe in predominantly manual post processing.

So here it is, PP in Siril, Starnet, slight Topaz, PS/GIMP, hope you like it...