Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2239  ·  NGC 2244  ·  Rosette nebula  ·  The star 12Mon
Rosette Nebula NB, megoblocks
Rosette Nebula NB
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Rosette Nebula NB

Rosette Nebula NB, megoblocks
Rosette Nebula NB
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Rosette Nebula NB

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Broke down and got a zwo asi 1600mm-cool and this was my first run with it. Pretty happy with the results.

40 1-min subs with o3, Ha, S2, 170 gain, cooled to -15C

Obligatory wiki entry:

The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is a large, spherical (circular in appearance), H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The 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. The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of some 5,000 light-years from Earth) and measure roughly 50 light years in diameter. The radiation from the young stars excites the atoms in the nebula, causing them to emit radiation themselves producing the emission nebula we see. The mass of the nebula is estimated to be around 10,000 solar masses.

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Rosette Nebula NB, megoblocks