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Red Balloon, Fritz
Red Balloon
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Putting the red in the RedCat51!

I had only imaged the Rosette Nebula in narrowband before and at a much longer focal length (600 mm). I wanted to capture more of the surrounding nebulosity and take a break from the Hubble pallet. The luminance layer is created using the continuum method of the Ha and L masters, while the red layer has Ha added into it.

I really do prefer imaging in LRGB and using Ha lets me add to it and take advantage of those full moon nights. I had some halo issues on my Ha filter and unfortunately Astronomik will not replace my filters even though they are from a bad batch with known halo issues.

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Red Balloon, Fritz