Rosette Nebula in SHO (Caldwell 50)

Okay, here we go. I got just in a little bit of Sulfur-ii and Oxygen-iii time which means I can give you the color version of the Rosette Nebula (also referred to as Caldwell 50). This star-forming region is about 5200 lightyears from Earth and a little to the left of Orion's shoulder. In truth, you are only looking at a part of the Rosette Nebula, as it is a bit too large for my scope/camera combo.

 

I had the setup running on this target for about 8 hours across 3 nights, but only used data from 2 of those nights and the final image came from about 2 hours worth of imaging. This was due to clouds, atmospheric disturbance, and getting the kinks out of the setup. I processed this in the Hubble palette (SHO).

 

Telescope: SkyWatcher 150PDS

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5-Pro

Camera: ZWO 1600MM Pro

Shot from my front yard in Parkesburg, PA

H-alpha exposures: 180s each, Oiii and Sii exposures: 300s a piece

 

 

Done