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Rosette Nebula, NGC2239, jewzaam
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Rosette Nebula, NGC2239

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Rosette Nebula, NGC2239

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Description

When I first tried taking pictures of this nebula it was with an unmodified DSLR on a barn door tracker.  It took me about 1 hour to get it framed as it's hard to find in bortle 6.  I ended up using an 8" Dobsonian to find the Harp Cluster and even then it took another 20 minutes to get it in the camera's sites!  Let's just say the result was less than ideal.. check my astrobin history if you're curious.

Fast forward to today and things are much different!  My struggle today is to know when I've got enough data and of course when I'm "done" with the processing.  So many options and so much to learn, makes it hard to know when to stop.

Hope you enjoy. Clear skies!

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  • Rosette Nebula, NGC2239, jewzaam
    Original
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C

Description: HaSHO version with lots of processing tweaks. Amazing what you can do with the same data. Even the same masters this time, didn't go back to the raw subs.

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F

Description: Used stars from Foraxx Palette Utility script (PI) after removing magenta. For star removal I had to use AI 10 in SXT. Been trying to use more GHS but for this one it was leaving the core washed out so I used it only a little to get some better contrast in the faint bits.

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Rosette Nebula, NGC2239, jewzaam