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NGC2244 - The Rosette Nebula Redux, John Dziuba
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NGC2244 - The Rosette Nebula Redux

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NGC2244 - The Rosette Nebula Redux, John Dziuba
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NGC2244 - The Rosette Nebula Redux

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The Rosette nebula is one of my favorite celestial objects.  Located about 5,000 light years away in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way.  The mass of the nebula is estimated to be roughly equivalent to 10,000 times the mass of the sun.  That seems like a lot but, when you consider that the region has a diameter of about 130 light years and it is three dimensional you get a sense for how diffuse the area actually is.  Intense radiation emitting from the hot young stars that are located in the related open star cluster is exciting the gasses that make up the nebula and that is causing the molecules to emit light.  This interaction produces the beautiful object that we see as the Rosette nebula. 

This is a target that I much prefer in a natural color pallet vs SHO and that effect is what I set out to accomplish with this project.  Last season I shot this target with my color camera and Triad NB filter.  This year I was excited to try again with my 6200MM mono camera and updated skill set. 

I was inspired to push the bounds by @adam block and his amazing rendition that he published in 2022.  Credit is due for his vision on this object and his effective style of teaching.  I utilized several of the techniques that he illustrates in his tutorial in my own processing workflow.  Many additional steps were required however, as my data was not as clean as the data that he used.  This is likely due to the fact that it was captured from my Bortle 8 sea level sky with significant broad spectrum LED light pollution.  This was compounded by the fact that the required run of clear skies mostly fell on nights with less than ideal moonlight.  My O3 data in particular could be better. I definitely lost some of the fine details in the "tail" as a result of the less than perfect conditions.  I will likely re-shoot the O3 in the future hopefully from a dark sky spot and I will republish the result. 

But overall, I am really happy with this image.  Working through this massive data set was a real challenge and no doubt the experience will pay off in future projects.

Thanks for stopping by.

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