Using PixInsight I made a new edit of The Rosette Nebula. I think I managed to get much more detail, and a much better color balance!

Object: NGC2037 / Caldwell 49 The Rosette Nebula
Date: 13.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: SBIG-STT-8300 MONO CCD
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX III (w/reducer) 385mm f/3.6
Exposure: Ha 10x1200sec + RGB 20×600(bin 2×2)
Filter: Astrodon Hydrogen Alpha 5nm + RGB
Calibration: Darks, Bias, Flats
Guiding: MaxIm DL, SBIG Selfguiding FW
Processing: PixInsight

I am really starting to like this new way to process my images – PixInsight! The results are getting really improved! Here is the result after processing my last image of M81/M82 again in PixInsight:

Date: 14.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: SBIG STT-8300 Mono CCD
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX III 530mm f/5.0
Exposure: L=19×600 sec, RGB=19×300 sec (2x2binned)
Guiding: MaximDL, SBIG Selfguiding FW
Post processing: MaximDL, PixInsight

Here is another crop – and rotation

Date: 14.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: SBIG STT-8300 Mono CCD
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX III 530mm f/5.0
Exposure: L=19×600 sec, RGB=19×300 sec (2x2binned)
Guiding: MaximDL, SBIG Selfguiding FW
Post processing: MaximDL, PixInsight

Another night with clear skies! With Bode´s Galaxy right overhead, I decided to spend the night capturing this beautiful galaxy and its smaller neighbor the Cigar Galaxy.

Date: 14.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: SBIG STT-8300 Mono CCD
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX III 530mm f/5.0
Exposure: L=19×600 sec, RGB=19×300 sec (2x2binned)
Guiding: MaximDL, SBIG Selfguiding FW
Post processing: MaximDL, Photoshop CS5

An excellent week and weekend for astrophotography. I spent all week watching the sun during the day, and both friday and saturday night had clear skies and moonrise at about 4am. I spent the early hours of friday night (march 13th) capturing RGB-data for the Rosette Nebula. When the Rosette Nebula disappeared below the horizon, I turned my telescope to the Leo Triplet (M66 group), and managed to capture about 4hrs of good data before I had to get some sleep. The result was the LRGB-image of the Leo Triplet:

Date: 13.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: SBIG STT-8300 Mono CCD
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX III (w/reducer) 385mm f/3.6
Exposure: L=18×300 sec, RGB=18×150 sec (2x2binned)
Guiding: MaximDL, SBIG Selfguiding FW
Post processing: MaximDL, Photoshop CS5

I finally managed to capture some RGB-data of the Rosette Nebula. After several failed attempts due to bad seeing and too much moonlight, I managed to capture a few hours of good RGB data during the night of march 13th.

This is the result of the RGB combined with the previously captured Ha-data.

Object: NGC2037 / Caldwell 49 The Rosette Nebula
Date: 13.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: SBIG-STT-8300 MONO CCD
Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX III (w/reducer) 385mm f/3.6
Exposure: Ha 10x1200sec + RGB 20×600(bin 2×2)
Filter: Astrodon Hydrogen Alpha 5nm + RGB
Calibration: Darks, Bias, Flats
Guiding: MaxIm DL, SBIG Selfguiding FW
Post processing: MaxIm DL, Photoshop CS5

This is the sun today in hydrogen-alpha. Best 300 of 1000 frames stacked in Registax. Captured using my Lunt LS35THa solar telescope and the IS DMK51AU02.AS CCD camera.

Date: 13.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Optics: Lunt LS35THa, 400mm f11,4
Camera: IS DMK51AU02.AS
Exposure: 300 frames for bouth surface and prominences
Postprocessing: Registax 6, Photoshop CS5

This is the sun today – another cloudless day. Best 300 of 1000 frames stacked in Registax. Captured using my Lunt LS35THa solar telescope and the IS DMK51AU02.AS CCD camera.

Date: 11.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Optics: Lunt LS35THa, 400mm f11,4
Camera: IS DMK51AU02.AS
Exposure: 300 frames for bouth surface and prominences
Postprocessing: Registax 6, Photoshop CS5

After photographing deep sky objects all winter, I spent this weekend photographing solar system object. The targets was the Sun, Jupiter and the moon. After a cloudy afternoon, the sky cleared a couple of hours before the moon rises above my horizon. I started imaging Jupiter in RGB (the result will be posted as soon as I´ve processed it). A few hours later the moon was within reach of my telescope. Here is the result:

Date: 09.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Camera: Imaging Source DMK51AU02.AS CCD
Optics: Takahashi FSQ106-EDX III 530mm f5.0
Exposure: Video, best 250 frames of 1000
Post processing: Registax 6, PhotoShop CS5

First light for my new Imaging Source DMK51AU02.AS. I purchased this camera to be able to image the whole solar- and lunar disc in one image. This is an upgrade from my Imaging Source DMK21AU618.AS which has a smaller sensor.
The sun is captured using IC Capture. 1000 frames for surface details and 1000 frames for prominences. 200-300 best frames was stacked and processed in Registax 6 and Photoshop CS 5.

Date: 06.03.2015
Location: Backyard, Asker, NO
Optics: Lunt LS35THa, 400mm f11,4
Camera: IS DMK51AU02.AS
Exposure: 200-300 frames for bouth surface and prominences
Postprocessing: Registax 6, Photoshop CS5