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NGC2237, Rosette Nebula

The Rosette Nebula is a large, circular emission nebula surrounding a cluster of young, hot stars known as the Rosette Cluster, NGC2244. It has an apparent size of 80.0 × 60.0 arcminutes and lies approximately 5,500 light-years away.

General information

Constellation
Monoceros
Category
Nebulae
Date
29 December 2024

Capture

Total time
13 h 20 min
Subframes
SHO: 40 × Ha, 40 × OIII and 40 × SII at 240 s, bin 1; HOO: 5 h 20 min with the corresponding light frames
Gain / Offset
N/A / N/A
Calibration
50 flat frames, 50 dark-flat frames and 50 library dark frames; without bias frames

Equipment

Telescope
TS102 f/5.6
Camera
ASI294MM at -10 ºC
Filters
Ha, OIII and SII Astronomik, 6 nm
Mount
Sky-Watcher Wave 150i
Guiding
Guide scope 60 mm f/4 + ASI224MC + PegasusAstro UCH + PPBMicro with PHD2
Focuser
ZWO EAF
Filter wheel
ZWO EFW 7pos

Processing and environment

Processing
Stacked and post-processed with PixInsight 1.9.2
Acquisition
NINA
Location
l'Ampolla, Tarragona
Sky
Bortle 4

Additional versions

Alternative processing
SHO processing