Rosette Nebula

Bob Bowers, Haverhill, Suffolk, 20 January 2020

Bob says: “This was a good target for me, directly to the

east over open fields, where

there are no light issues. As it’s quite a large target I wanted to see how the

field of view would be with my new Celestron RASA 8 and the Atik Horizon camera – and

I was very pleased with the result. I think the challenge is to get the star colours

right to show the prominent yellow star.”

Equipment: Atik Horizon one-shot colour camera, Celestron 8-inch Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt astrograph, Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 Pro mount Exposure: 89 x 120” lights, 30 x 60” darks, 30 bias, 50 flats Software: AstroPixelProcessor, Photoshop