Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Monoceros (Mon)  ·  Contains:  12 Mon  ·  NGC 2237  ·  NGC 2238  ·  NGC 2239  ·  NGC 2244  ·  NGC 2246  ·  NGC 2252  ·  PGC 138944  ·  Rosette nebula  ·  Sh2-275  ·  The star 12Mon
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 2244 Rosette Nebula, Michael Timm
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 2244 Rosette Nebula

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 2244 Rosette Nebula, Michael Timm
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 2244 Rosette Nebula

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Ah well, this turned out better than expected. Seeing was really bad so was autoguiding, transparency was also not good (i could see three of the seven sisters with my naked eye, five only with a bit of fantasy - normally i can see at least 5 without any problem from my backyard). I nearly ended this imaging session after an hour or so! After stacking, as i saw the result i was really excited, i had never ever thought to see so much of this nebula, especially as i use a OSC with only a broadband filter (well, the Neodymium does not cut a lot, see the transmission curve provided by Baader for details - i use it as IR/UV cut off filter).

Maybe i overprocessed the image a bit but i wanted to show as much structure as i could. All in all i am really happy with this one.

Oh, and i took this image on new years day -> So "Happy new year" to all of you!

Comments