Rosette Nebula - 2022/02/08

[JimFox]

I captured this earlier in the week in Joshua Tree National Park, my favorite dark sky area and a nice short 2 hour drive when I am in California. I need to find a similar dark sky site close to Colorado that doesn't sit below freezing in the winter time.

iOptron GEM28 tracker
Nikon D850 - Not Modified
Tamron 150-600mm @400mm
35 - Lights @ 180 secs
34 - Flats Frames
41 - Bias Frames
10 - Darks Frames
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Processed in Photoshop

All comments are welcome,

Jim

 

[Ben Egbert]

Lots of color here, very nice image.

 

[AlanLichty]

Interesting to see this after seeing the ones Andy posted the other day. Nice work.

 

[JimFox]

Lots of color here, very nice image.

Thanks Ben!

 

[JimFox]

Interesting to see this after seeing the ones Andy posted the other day. Nice work.

Deep Space Astro is a field of photography where gear really does make a difference. One can definitely capture Deep Space Astro with very minimal gear, very low end cameras and get decent results. But if you want jaw dropping results like what @Andy Nowlen has posted, the gear makes a huge difference. And you also have to add the processing also makes a huge difference.

I am taking it in baby steps. A dedicated Astro camera is in my target sights now. I think I know what I want, but I am still doing a lot of research and looking to make sure.

 

[AlanLichty]

Deep Space Astro is a field of photography where gear really does make a difference. One can definitely capture Deep Space Astro with very minimal gear, very low end cameras and get decent results. But if you want jaw dropping results like what @Andy Nowlen has posted, the gear makes a huge difference. And you also have to add the processing also makes a huge difference.

I am taking it in baby steps. A dedicated Astro camera is in my target sights now. I think I know what I want, but I am still doing a lot of research and looking to make sure.

Serious deep space photography can require Deep Wallets(TM) too

 

[Mike Lewis]

This is such an impressive object - always fun to see another version of it. The FOV here is nice to get the entire object in and show the transitions in colors and brightness throughout.

ML