All:

I finally processed the RGB data taken the last week of March, and added to the Lum/Ha on NGC2174, commonly called the Monkey's Head nebula. The photo also includes clusters NGC2175 & 2175s, the reflection nebula IC2159 near the center, and several (dozens) other minor objects. A larger version is on the website (linked to the photo on the "New Photos" page).

I still have 3 or 4 more images to process, hopefully, I get then posted this spring/summer.

Robert
www.galacticphotography.com

nice job on the head, Robert!

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Dietmar

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www.stargazer-observatory.com

Nice shot, really spooky.

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Observatorio de la Ballona

Hi Robert, You have a great shot of this nebular and clusters, Very good processing and sharp nice colors also. Welldone looking forward to see more, Clear Skies

That is a lovely shot. Great processing with a good colour range. Very very nice!

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Matt
LXD75 SN 8" f/4, DSI II pro

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All:

Appreciate the comments.

I typically do all exposures binned, or unbinned so that there isn't as much difference between star sizes on lum vs RGB. This time I went unbinned on lum/Ha and binned 2 X 2 on RGB. This resulted in significant dissparity in star sizes between the processed lum, and the RGB, hence, doughnuts around many stars on the final LRGB. I need to reprocess this, to get rid of the doughnuts, but until then...

Robert