The Rosette Nebula

First time shooting this Rosette Nebula but it was not the best because not enough data and abit over process but is better then nothing ^^ will try to shoot this again to improve my skill :)

 

Imaged by Alan Chong

Date: 3 September 2016

Location: Simpang Pertang, Jelebu, Malaysia

Resolution: 4928 x 3262

Optical Configuration: GSO 8" f/4 Newtonian 800mm + Nikon D7000 with Mod Camera

ISO: 1600, 3200, 6400

Integration: 25/30sec

Calibration: Dark x8 , Bias x5 , Flat x11

Equipment: iOptron iEQ45 Pro

Autoguiding: None

 

The Rosette Nebula is not the only cosmic cloud of gas and dust to evoke the imagery of flowers -- but it is the most famous. At the edge of a large molecular cloud in Monoceros, some 5,000 light years away, the petals of this rose are actually a stellar nursery whose lovely, symmetric shape is sculpted by the winds and radiation from its central cluster of hot young stars. The stars in the energetic cluster, cataloged as NGC 2244, are only a few million years old, while the central cavity in the Rosette Nebula, cataloged as NGC 2237, is about 50 light-years in diameter. The nebula can be seen firsthand with a small telescope toward the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros).

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