Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2237  ·  NGC 2238  ·  NGC 2239  ·  NGC 2246  ·  NGC 2252  ·  Rosette A  ·  Rosette B  ·  Rosette Nebula  ·  The star 12 Mon
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Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237), Miles Zhou
Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237)
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Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237), Miles Zhou
Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237)
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Andromeda Nebula taken by NSP of Xingming Observatory, in combination with Mr. Maosheng Chen's originals (detailed below).

Exposure Total 46x180s at ISO 800; from which, 24 are acquired by Maosheng Chen. Thanks for Maosheng's generous offer of the raw files.

Processing IRIS: Stacking; two baches separately stacked, and added by an optimized ratio as discussed in Stacking_of_Two_Images (http://orianhealth.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Stacking_of_Two_Images).

MaximDL: MaximDL generates two layers: the nebulocity and star layers. Nebulocity layer: Erode (3x3) --> DDP --> Gaussion (1.5) Star layer: A simple stretch

PS: Blending the nebulocity and star layers by Ligher; and a high pass layer blended by Overlay. Finally, some final touch (Color balance, brightness and contrast).

Two PS operations greatly improved the quality

1. High-pass layer blended by overlay (or alternatively, by Soft Light or other lightening blending modes)

2. Gaussion blur on the nebulocity layer.

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Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237), Miles Zhou