Rosette Nebula taken over 2 nights a few weeks back from burbs of Melbourne
Finally got around to processing it. Did not get enought RGB data with FSQ so blended it with some RGB data from my Tak FS-102.
Scope: Takahashi FSQ at f5
Subs: 15 x 10 min Ha (Astrodon 5nm), 12 x 8 min Lum, 20 x 5 min RGB (Astrodon Gen 1)
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM
Guide scope: 50mm Finder Scope
Guide Camera: Orion Starshoot
Mount: Paramount MX
Processing: Calibation, Alignment, Normalisation, Data Rejection, Stacking in CCD Stack. Finishing in photoshop with, levels, curves, shadows/Highlights,Multi Layer High pass for large and small frequencies, Noise Ninja
Attached is HaLRGB small version, plus the 2.5 hours of Ha data.
Large Version HaLRGB at 1600x1200
Here
Hi res of Ha
Here
All images uncropped. Did I mention how much I love this scope
