Rosette Nebula in Monocerous

Fay · Feb 22, 2009, 19:50:54

This was taken at DSC. 18x300 secs with modified Canon 350D, ED80, 0.8FR. Guided with PHD/ ZS66. Will probably reprocess.

Carole · Feb 22, 2009, 19:53:32

Wow Fay, Didn't realise you were doing the Rosette last night, although I guess I was too busy myself to notice.

Lovely image Fay (as usual).

Carole

JohnP · Feb 22, 2009, 19:57:31

Yep Fay - tremendous result & very well processed as well. A great result, John

RobertM · Feb 22, 2009, 19:59:34

Looks stunning Fay, excellent framing, guiding and nicely in focus to my eyes. There is a bit of noise in the fainter areas but I'm sure you can get rid of that with a bit more processing.

Rocket Pooch · Feb 22, 2009, 20:08:34

Very good even with that green laser pointer roaming around...

Fay · Feb 22, 2009, 21:03:19

Thankyou every one, they are very kind remarks

Mac · Feb 22, 2009, 23:14:25

very nice

Tony G · Feb 22, 2009, 23:36:57

Great image Fay, and I think the comment about the laser was aimed at me, so my apologies for that.

But as for the Khoom Fays thats another matter.

Tony G

MarkS · Feb 23, 2009, 06:14:18

Fay,

You've captured some good detail there and there are some very faint bits beginning to appear. It's also a good scale. I think if you tone the processing down a bit it willl look a bit more natural.

It's not an easy target for a DSLR!

Mark

Fay · Feb 23, 2009, 08:47:14

Tony, lasers.........that explains the two thick lines I had going through. I have spent ages trying to find the sub with the strong lines going across.
It is weird, the lines are strong when stacked but I cannot find them on the individual subs. Am I imagining this?

Fay · Feb 23, 2009, 09:33:27

Mac, I was worried about my Canon batteries running out, as they went down quite fast, but have thought, they could have been charged up with your Jenny

JohnP · Feb 23, 2009, 09:50:04

Quotethey could have been charged up with your Jenny

Who is Jenny... Was she down there on Saturday night I didn't meet her...

Fay · Feb 23, 2009, 09:59:54

Mark, I could not remember if I should set Auto White Balance or Camera White Balance in DSS for stacking DSLR images. Please can you remind me?

Thanks

Fay · Feb 23, 2009, 10:04:21

Does that sound right....................I could have charged up on Mac's Jenny?????????????????

JohnP · Feb 23, 2009, 10:32:55

Fay - I wasn't questioning your grammar just the spelling you used for 'Jenny' think it should be 'Genny' as in Generator...

I had some vision of Mac at DSC with a lady friend called Jenny....

Mac · Feb 23, 2009, 11:35:00

Dont know who Jenny is, but she can charge my batteries anytime

.

Time to start a new thred.

http://forum.orpington-astronomy.org.uk/index.php?topic=4338.0

Tony G · Feb 23, 2009, 12:13:33

Quote from: Fay on Feb 23, 2009, 08:47:14
Tony, lasers.........that explains the two thick lines.......................

Fay, they may have been planes or satellites, as the laser was my finder scope laser which was only on for a split second before I heard the almighty howling coming from Space Dog's direction as he was imaging the Horsehead at the time and the laser was pointing at Orion.

Tony G

MarkS · Feb 23, 2009, 12:27:11

Fay,

I've never taken any notice of which light balance I use. In any case, I always seem to end up adjusting the RGB balance as a final stage of processing.

Mark

A.S.I.G.N_Baz · Feb 23, 2009, 13:45:02

Blimey! Thats one bright Rosette Fay!

Nice job mate.

Baz.

Fay · Feb 23, 2009, 15:19:54

No, I know you wasn't, John. Did not realise it was a Genny eg generator

I get there in the end

Fay · Feb 23, 2009, 20:20:27

I thought I would re stack rosette & add 3 earlier one's I had taken.

When I originally stacked, I was using a newer version of DSC, & with SIgma, it cured the laser lines. The new version has a lot of new functions so I thought I would rather carry on with my old version, which I reinstalled, as I did not think the result was good enough.

Do you think I can get rid of those lines????????? I have tried everything. They definitely do not show up in the individual subs!!!!!!!!!!

I spent ages opening them all up indivually, importing into PS, processing a bit, still the lnes did not show up. I have stacked doing a process of illimination, doing just 3 at a time, then taking note of the subs with laser lines. Opened them up, & they do not show until stacked.
I am now going to reinstall the newer version of DSS.

MarkS · Feb 24, 2009, 06:29:02

Fay,

I can't see the thick lines in your image.

Mark

Mike · Feb 24, 2009, 07:50:14

Very nice image Fay.

Fay · Feb 24, 2009, 08:38:13

That was stacked in the new version of DSS, Mark, although I found it hard to process & thought I would do it again with the old version, which I was used to.

Could not get the lines to go, tried for hours, redownloaded the new version again & it worked.

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