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NGC 2244 - The Rosette Nebula & Friends, Steve Ludwig
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NGC 2244 - The Rosette Nebula & Friends

NGC 2244 - The Rosette Nebula & Friends, Steve Ludwig
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NGC 2244 - The Rosette Nebula & Friends

Equipment

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Acquisition details

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Description

Equipment

- Main camera: Nikon D3300 (unmodified)

- Lens: Samyang 135mm f2 @ f2

- Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro

- Guide scope: Orion AC 50/162 Deluxe Mini

- Guide camera: ZWO ASI 290MC

Acquisition

- 59 lights x 240 s = 3 h 56 min total exposure time

- no dark, flat, bias frames

- no filters

- ISO 100

- Bortle 4 zone

Processing

-> lights stacked in DSS

-> median kappa sigma clipping method

-> unmodified TIF opened in PixInsight

-> STF stretch

-> dynamic background extraction

-> background neutralization

-> color calibration

-> histogram transformation

-> starnet to separate background from stars

background

-> SCNR green to remove greenish noise

-> curves transformation to increase saturation

-> ACDNR to reduce noise

stars

-> SCNR green to remove greenish noise

-> curves transformation to increase saturation

-> pixel math to recombine background & stars

-> multiscale linear transform noise reduction to remove/reduce background noise and artifacts around bright stars

-> final curves & histogram transformations to adjust brightness and saturation

-> dynamic crop

-> resample 75%

-> saved as jpg

Comments

Revisions

  • NGC 2244 - The Rosette Nebula & Friends, Steve Ludwig
    Original
  • NGC 2244 - The Rosette Nebula & Friends, Steve Ludwig
    B
  • Final
    NGC 2244 - The Rosette Nebula & Friends, Steve Ludwig
    C

B

Description: In this revision, I removed the reddish background tint by doing another background neutralization followed by SCNR (green). I also raised the black point a bit and increased saturation using the histogram/curves transformation processes.

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C

Description: In this revision, I reduced background saturation in darker areas a bit. I think it looks a bit more natural like this.

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Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC 2244 - The Rosette Nebula & Friends, Steve Ludwig