NGC2244

Rosette Nebula in Ha

Date of exposure: Subframes captures over multiple nights from Nov 2010 to April 2011

Camera: QHY9 (Mono)

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106

Exposure Details: HA (15 x 900 sec + 6 x 600 sec)

Capture Software: MaximDL 5.0

Guiding SW: PHD

Image Processing: Stacked using CCDStack, Processed using CCDStack &  Photoshop CS3

Imaged from: West Pennant Hills, NSW, Australia

The Rosette Nebula, which contains the open cluster (NGC2244) is a large HII region located in the constellation of  Monoceros. It lies at a distance of 5,200 light years and has a diameter of roughly 130 light years.

NGC2244

Rosette Nebula in HaRGB

Date of exposure: Subframes captures over multiple nights from Nov 2010 to April 2011

Camera: QHY9 (Mono)

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106

Exposure Details: HA (15 x 900 sec + 6 x 600 sec) R = 10 x 300 sec, G = 10 x 300 sec, B = 7 x 300 sec

Capture Software: MaximDL 5.0

Guiding SW: PHD

Image Processing: Stacked using CCDStack, Processed using CCDStack & Photoshop CS3

Imaged from:  West Pennant Hills, NSW, Australia