A work in progress on Rosette!

Hello guys,

this is the first coarse processing of a part of my project: I've always liked the complex of the dust clouds at the center of the Rosette and I would like to image it in emission line. This is the first part of my idea.
This is 4hrs 20min of h-alpha in 10min subs.
Scope: TEC180APOFL @ F7 with field flattener
Mount: AP1200GTO
Camera:STL 11000XM
Average of 26 10min subs guided
Processing in CCDStack and a fast tweak in Photoshop CS3.
Image reduced to 75% and decreased to 80% quality to fit the size limit.

I'm still working on the whole image, which doesn't include the whole nebula, but is a little larger than this crop.

I'm waiting now for OIII and SII data to complete my project

Please comment and suggest: I'm a newbie at DSO.

Luca

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Awesome Luca! The only suggestion I would make is to keep it up!

Luca,

Beautiful shot! And this with just 10 minute subs? With my first attempt at narrowband imaging, I was frustrated with the results I was getting with 15 minute subs with a more sensitive camera (ST-8XE), and have since gone to 30 minute subs! Very nice job!

Eric

Pretty darn nice Gianluca! Lots of detail in there. Lovely!

Luca, stunning detail of this region. Nice and sharp and the globules are great.

clear skies,
Kevin

Luca this is beautifuly done 8O
The details in the image are amazing.

Whatever your doing,keep doing it


Jason

Luca, wonderful work!
Looking forward to your final product! 8)