ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Nebulae | NGC 2244 Rosette Nebula | NGC_2244 STF
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.
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Total image time was 1 hour.
| Exposure | 4x15 min. | |||||||||||||
| Gain | 100 | |||||||||||||
| Camera | ToupTek ATR2600C [6224 x 4168] | |||||||||||||
| Optics | 120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Proxisky UMi20S strain wave mount | |||||||||||||
| Guiding | ToupTek GPM462M using Phd2 | |||||||||||||
| Controller | Kstars on MeLe Quieter 3C | |||||||||||||
| Filter | Triad Quad Ultra | |||||||||||||
| Location | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. | |||||||||||||
| Date | 2025-01-26 | |||||||||||||
| Processing | Processed in PixInsight. |
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