NGC2244 Rosette Nebula · 2023-02-27

NGC2244 and the Rosette Nebula.

NGC2244 and the Rosette Nebula. The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The enclosed open cluster NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter.

Total image time was 1 hour.

Exposure	3x20 min.
ISO	3200
Camera	Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
Optics	120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Celestron CGX mount
Guiding	ZWO ASI224MC using Phd2
Controller	Kstars on MeLe Quieter 3C
Filter	Triad Quad Ultra
Location	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date	2023-02-27
PixInsight Processing	Dynamic Background Extractor BlurXTerminator NoiseXTerminator ScreenTransfer Stretch StarXTerminator CurvesTransformation PixelMath