Be brutal - Rosette Nebula HaRGB

[batema (Mark)]

Hi,

I am after ways to improve my HaRGB stacking ability. This was taken with my W/O Flt 110 and consists of 3 hours Ha at 10 minute subs with darks and flats applied to all. Then 1 hour of each RGB. Camera was QHY-9 mono at -20c. I googled and found Color Imaging of Nebulae using Hydrogen-Alpha Data by: Robert Gendler.
I processed Ha, R, G, B and then stacked the Ha on top of the red layer and set the opacity to 50%. Then I flattened this combination and made an Ha/R with G and B. then I coloured balanced as best as I could but found the Ha/R histogram was huge and broad compared to the G and B. I then did some curves and levels with some other basic colour adjustments.
It is my best Rosette and am happy but am always keen for advice.

Thanks.

Mark

[Ross G]

Nice shot Mark.

I admire what you've done.

I still haven't had the courage to try RGB, let alone combine it with Ha!

Good luck.

Ross.

[batema (Mark)]

I went back and looked at my progress during processing and went back about 4 steps so it is toned down with some other adjustments.

Mark

[niko]

maybe just a tad "harsh" on the red?

but, ya gotta be happy with the detail

well done

niko

[DJT (David)]

Nice Image Mark. As said earlier, great detail

Whats the poop though with the green in the bottom right Is that heat from the sensor coming through?

[venus (Lydia)]

I would be happy with that image great try!

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

I dont mind the harsh red, the second image looks better as the background is a little darker. I wont comment on the green splodge , the internal detail is clear and well defined.