Rosette Nebula

[AlextheMartian (Alex)]

Hi all,

Had some clear, still nights here in Canberra recently, so I decided to image C49 (Rosette Nebula).

Shot this target with the Seestar S50, with the help of the built-in LP filter, for a total of 30 minutes of data.

Despite being under bortle 6 skies, and having a limited time to image, I think it came out quite well.

I used Siril to process the stars and nebulosity separately, then used Photoshop to adjust the final image.

I need to practice delicately adjusting the colour saturation/calibration more, so any tips would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Alex

[gb44 (Glenn)]

Nice shot Alex
Did you crop the image much?

Maybe in PS try new layer via copy, high pass filter and combine with soft light to sharpen up a tad.

Very interested in the scope for a mate newby.

GlennB

[AlextheMartian (Alex)]

Originally Posted by gb44

Nice shot Alex
Did you crop the image much?

Maybe in PS try new layer via copy, high pass filter and combine with soft light to sharpen up a tad.

Very interested in the scope for a mate newby.

GlennB

Hey Glenn,

I cropped a tiny amount, just to get rid of the noise due to field rotation, but that is pretty close to stock FOV. Thanks for the tip, I am still a novice with photoshop, but I will give that technique a go!

The Seestar S50 is really good for newbies, you can get decent images with very little setup time (and just a touch up in post-processing). Although, planetary imagery is probably it's weakest attribute. But it gets regular firmware updates which make it the experience a bit better each time.

-Alex