RC-Astro | Dust in the Rosette Nebula

Dust in the Rosette Nebula

Technical Details
Optics:	14" f/10 RCOS Ritchey-Chrétien Cassegrain,Astro-Physics 0.75x Focal Reducer (yielding f/7.9).
Camera:	SBIG ST-10XME, CFW8, AO-7.
Mount:	Takahashi NJP Temma 2.
Filters:	Custom Scientific 3nm H-Alpha.
Dates/Times:	2 January 2003.
Location:	my backyard observatory in Austin, Texas.
Exposure Details:	13x15 minutes.
Processing:	MaxImDL (combine), Photoshop (levels, curves, etc.), ImagesPlus (deconvolution, smoothing).