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Rosette Nebula, Theodore Arampatzoglou
Rosette Nebula
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Rosette Nebula

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Rosette Nebula, Theodore Arampatzoglou
Rosette Nebula
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Rosette Nebula

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Description

The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is an 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.

Location: Stinger of Scorpius Observatory Filiates, Thesprotia - Greece.

Acquisition:Kostas Tsekas

Processing:Theodore Arampatzoglou

Bortle Scale: Class 4

Constellation: Monoceros

Imaging Telescope: William optics star 71 f/4.9

Main Camera: CCD Atik One 6.0 Monochrome

Guide Scope : Skywatcher ed80 Black Diamond

Guide Camera:ZWO ASI290MM Mini (mono)

Equatorial Mount: Avalon linear fast reverse

Filters: Astrodon Hα 5nm Astrodon OIII 3nm Baader SII 8nm

Exposures: 33X600sec Ha 24X600sec OIII 24X600sec SII

Binning: 1x1

Image Calibration: 60 dark frames, 230 bias frames, 35 flat frames

Sensor temperature: -10°C

Image acquisition software: Artemis Capture

Telescope guiding software: PHD2

Processing software: Pixinsight - CCD stack - Photoshop CS5

Acquisition dates: 05/02/2021(Hα) 03/03/2021(OIII)

01/04/2021-08/04/2021(SII)

Total exposure : 13.5 hours

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