It's no AP Honders image...

[LewisM]

But it's still the Rosette Nebula as captured by a 4" f/5 refractor. Reprocessed the data I had on it (stuff all H-a, about 2 hrs Lum.).

Don't care if'n none of youse likes it - I do

[Peter Ward]

Don't worry Lewis, I won't do a Honders roll-over image ..... hey we do this 'cause it makes us happy...so whatever floats your boat has to be OK.

[LewisM]

I...already...did...the...roll-over...

All smiles again

[RickS (Rick)]

Nice one, Lewis! That shows promise...

[Rex]

That's really nice Lewis. Them globules are awesome.

[DJT (David)]

Like it

Your stars look like stars and I like the detail in the centre. Assuming that the ST8?


Did you use the internal guide chip by the way or the tak finder guider thing you put together?

[LewisM]

Ta muchly for the kind words.

That's the SBIG ST-8XE cam, with the Lodestar through the Tak finder. I could NOT get a decent star image with the SG chip AT ALL - main camera was focused, and I am damned if I could make a star out for the noise. Never mind - Lodestar works first time, every time.

One day I MAY have a better, bigger rig housed in an observatory, but for now I will make do with my ultra-portable rig sitting on the tiled patio in the side yard

Now, if only I can get those stars smaller

[dvj (John)]

That's a very good grayscale image. No excessive magenta or cyan hue.

[White Rabbit]

Nice image. I tried this target last night for the first time and was really surprised how faint it is. I took a 10 min sub and it was hardly visible without stretching. How long were your subs?

Thanks sandy.

[LewisM]

The H-a subs were 7 minutes each by memory - lots of H-a detail in the Rosette.

The Lum were a mere 2 minutes each - any longer and I got severe bloating and blooming (still had some blooming on the bright star top left of the centre cluster)