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Astro Gallery, Nebulae, NGC2237 Rosette Nebula
NGC2237 Rosette NebulaMouseover image to see plate solved annotations, click image to see it at a larger size.

NGC2237 Rosette Nebula

Image contains Rosette nebula, NGC 2244, NGC 2239, 12Mon

The Rosette Nebula, also known as Caldwell 49, is a large circular HII region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter.


Reference:1005Date taken:February 2012
Location:Galera, Andalucia, SpainImaging telescope:Takahashi FSQ85 450mm @ f5.3
Imaging camera:Atik 383L+Camera setpoint:-20C
Mount:Takahashi EM200 Temma 2MGuiding telescope:ST-80
Guiding camera:SSAGFilters:Baader LRGB
Light frames:L=50 x 300s, R=20 x 300s, G=20 x 300s, B=20 x 300sIntegration:9.2 hours
Dark frames:35 x 300sFlat frames:35 per channel
Bias frames:35Capture software:Artemis Capture
Guiding software:MaximDLProcessing software:Pixinsight, Photoshop CS5

Center (RA, Dec): (98.036, 4.987)
Center (RA, hms): 06h 32m 08.685s
Center (Dec, dms): +04 59' 13.338"
Size: 2.07 x 1.56 deg
Radius: 1.297 deg
Orientation: Up is 92.4 degrees E of N
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