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2 Rosette SHO

Target:NGC 2237 Rosette Nebula, an HII region in the constellation on Monoceros at 5200 light years distance.

 

Location:27/02/21, 28/02/21 and 01/03/21 from St Helens UK Bortle 8 with 99% Moon.

 

Aquisition:56x 180s Ha, 60x 180s (OIII), 59x 180s (SII). Total integration 8 hours 45 min.

 

Equipment:Imaging: Skywatcher Esprit 100ED, HEQ5 Pro, ZWO ASI1600MM Pro, EFWmini, Baader narrowband filters.

Guiding: Skywatcher 9x50 Finder, ZWO ASI120MM.

 

Software:Aquisition: NINA, PHD2, EQMOD.

Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop, Siril, Starnet++.

 

Memories:99% moon on 27/02/21 so conentrated on Ha and (SII) data. Better separation from 97% moon on 28/02/21 so included (OIII) though air quality was poor with smoke hanging in the air. Better on 01/03/21 until the clouds rolled in. Ambient temp 6c.

 

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Uploaded on March 19, 2021