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Daniel Pasternak 4 Nov 2015j

The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is a large, circular 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.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosette_Nebula

 

Distance5,200 light years away

Radius 65 light years

Magnitude 9.0

Dimensions 1.3 °

 

Canon 450d bought used for $99.00: I removed the 2 filters from inside the camera making it a full spectrum camera. LPS-2 light pollution filter.

 

CGEM-DX mount / C-11 in Hyperstar Mode F/2

 

20 lights 30 seconds each, 5 darks, 25 bias, 1 old flat from last year. Stacked in Deepsky stacker and tweaked in Photoshop.

 

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Uploaded on November 5, 2015