Rosette Nebula

[AlextheMartian]

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]

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]

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.:thumbsup:

-Alex