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Rosette Nebula in SHO with RASA, Robert H. Kutner
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Rosette Nebula in SHO with RASA

Rosette Nebula in SHO with RASA, Robert H. Kutner
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Rosette Nebula in SHO with RASA

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Ha, Sii, & Oiii 6nm Max FR 2" Astronomik filters with a RASA 8 on a CEM40-NUNC mount with a NUNC mini.

Used NINA to acquire on the few clear days we had this past few months, each night targeted 60 x 300s images  bin 1x1 @ -10c & 120g, ~65% were usable. 

Blink / Subframe Select, Calibrated (60 Dark, 60 Flat, 100 Bias), Star Aligned all images with PixInsight. Used the Normalized Scale Gradient for integration.  

For Ha, Sii, & Oiii channels: Cropped, DBE, TGV, MMT (& duplicated the Ha here for the Lum), EZ Soft Stretch, StarNet for star removal, and channel combined using PixelMath (ForaxX palette*). The duplicated Ha -> Lum was Mask Stretched, HDR, LHT, MMT, EZStar Reduction, TGVDenoise, and LRGB Combined with the PixelMath SHO image.

Image was Curves modified w/ masks. Moved to Photoshop to further adjust saturation and contrast, and additional noise reduction.  Returned to PI for TGVDenoise, and Resample.

*f is (Ha*Oiii)^~(Ha*Oiii)
R = f*Sii + ~f*Ha  
G = f*(.7*Ha + .3*Sii) + ~f*Oiii
B = Oiii

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Rosette Nebula in SHO with RASA, Robert H. Kutner