Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2237  ·  NGC 2238  ·  NGC 2239  ·  NGC 2246  ·  Rosette A  ·  Rosette B  ·  Rosette Nebula  ·  The star 12Mon
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The Rosette Nebula / Caldwell 49 / Hubble Palette, Terry Robison
The Rosette Nebula / Caldwell 49 / Hubble Palette
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The Rosette Nebula / Caldwell 49 / Hubble Palette

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The Rosette Nebula / Caldwell 49 / Hubble Palette, Terry Robison
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The Rosette Nebula / Caldwell 49 / Hubble Palette

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This is my rendition of the Rosette Nebula presented in the Hubble Palette. Narrowband data has been mapped into the colour channels to create this image. SII filtered light allocated to the Red channel, Ha to Green, and OIII to the Blue channel. My intent was to retain the lovely greens and aqua colouring found in some of the more famous Hubble Palette images. Star colours were created with the narrowband data, no RGB star colours used. I think the resulting colours suit narrowband data images a little better than overlayed RGB stars.

The Rosette Nebula is a large spherical molecular cloud in the Monoceros (the Unicorn) region of the Milky Way. It measures about 130 light-years in diameter and is around 5,000 light-years away. The nebula was created only a few million years ago when a giant molecular cloud collapsed. At its centre, a young open cluster is present, NGC 2244. This star cluster contains several blue-white O-type stars which are some of the hottest and brightest stars in our universe.

As you move outwards away from the centre, darker splotches known as Bok Globulares are present. They are dense clouds of gas and dust, and from our vantage point, they appear as black holes in the cosmos. I think they look very cool.

Equipment Details:

• 10 Inch RCOS fl 9.1

• Astro Physics AP-900 Mount

• SBIG STL 11000m

• FLI Filter Wheel

• Baader Planetarium H-alpha 7nm Narrowband-Filter

• Baader Planetarium OIII 8.5nm Narrowband-Filter

• Baader Planetarium SII 8.0nm Narrowband-Filter

Exposure Details:

• Ha 36 X 900 Bin 1

• SII 27 X 900 Bin 1

• OIII 16 X 900 Bin 1

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The Rosette Nebula / Caldwell 49 / Hubble Palette, Terry Robison