Rosette Nebula

[Pyali]

Only got about 6 hours on this one between all the fires and rain but I think it still came out okay.

Any tips or criticisms are more than welcome, thanks!

294MC Pro | STC Astro Duo-Narrowband Filter | HEQ5 | TS-Optics 80mm f/6 Triplet Apo

[Nikolas]

Colours are a little muted away from the normal red/pink nice resolution

[Geoff45]

Detail is pretty good. Colour is strange. Did you use any colour calibration?

[Ryderscope]

Excellent detail Pali. As others have indicated, maybe look at the colour balance. Nice field of view for this object and star shapes are great as well.

[Pyali]

Thanks all. Not sure if true colour was possible with this one as it is an Ha/OIII image with a synthetic green. It is a little different from the reddish rosette I'm used to. I'd love to hear colour palette suggestions for these kinds of images though! Cheers

[Geoff45]

Aha! I thought it was an lrgb shot. That throws a whole new light on things.
What software are you using to process the image?

[Pyali]

Hey Geoff, thats my bad I should've mentioned it! Im using Pixinsight. More specifically, once I get the stacked RGB image I seperate it into three R/G/B images and eventually recombine them with Pixelmath. With how the filter works, the B or G channel is usually the exact same as the other but one's a little weaker.

Pixelmath formulas:

R: R

G: (0.6*R)+(0.4*G)

B: (0.7*G)+(0.3*B)

I vary the values of the G and B channels to taste and also depending on which one is the stronger channel.

[Imme]

I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder........I really like the coloring.

Great image, well done