Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2239  ·  NGC 2244  ·  NGC 2252  ·  Rosette nebula  ·  The star 12Mon
The Rosette Nebula (unmodified DSLR), Victor Van Puyenbroeck
The Rosette Nebula (unmodified DSLR)
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The Rosette Nebula (unmodified DSLR)

The Rosette Nebula (unmodified DSLR), Victor Van Puyenbroeck
The Rosette Nebula (unmodified DSLR)
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The Rosette Nebula (unmodified DSLR)

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This was challenging to process because I used an unmodified DSLR to capture the data. I made a synthetic luminance channel to bring out the nebulosity, and combined this with a separate RGB layer. I don't know why the center of the nebula turned out so blue though.

The Rosette Nebula is a very large region of hydrogen gas in the constellation Monoceros, illuminated by the open star cluster NGC 2244 in the center of the image.

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The Rosette Nebula (unmodified DSLR), Victor Van Puyenbroeck