Paul, Very nice results. It looks like your time at Antennas was well spent. BTW, I'm with you. I see the monkey head too. Bernard -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of pulind@xxxxx Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 5:05 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Rosette and Monkey Head Nebulae All, Bernard Miller's 18 hour narrowband image of the Rosette Nebula inspired me to shoot the nebula with my little-old QHY8 one-shot color camera. Exposure was 5x5 minutes at the Antennas site on Wednesday, Jan 18th. In processing I had a lot of trouble with the color balance. On the 17th I imaged NGC 2174 - the Monkey Head Nebula. Steve Coe insists there is absolutely NO monkey head in the nebula. I disagree. The two images are at: http://www.pbase.com/paullind/2012 Paul Lind -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.