NGC2237. The Rosette Nebula
Diffuse nebula in Monoceros
 
It is a prety large nebular complex that can be seen in the constellation of Monoceros, surrounding the open cluster NGC2244 and it is a collection of emission and dark  nebulas  and Bok globules.

The cluster is a group of half a dozen stars that can be seen with naked eye in the winter milky way, but the nebula is difficult to see with a telescope due to its wide span. The stars of the cluster  formed about four million years ago from the nebular material and their stellar winds are clearing a hole in the nebula center, insulated by a layer of dust and hot gas. Ultraviolet light from the hot cluster stars causes the surrounding nebula to glow in red (excited hidrogen).

The Rosette Nebula spans about 100 light-years across and lies about 5000 light-years away from the Earth.





High resolution image (100%)




High resolution image (100%)


Date and location February - 2023. Caraquiz, Madrid
Telescope GSO RC12  on  ASA DDM85 mount. No autoguide
Camera Moravian G3 16200. 7nm H-alpha and RGB Baader filters.
Image processing H: 350x600s. RGB: 80x300s.  Process with  PixInsight





Date and location 21-feb-2008. Caraquiz, Madrid
Telescope ASA N10, F=906mm on Titan mount. Autoguide with QHY6, Miniborg50 and Guidemaster.
Camera Artemis11002.  Baader 7nm H-alfa and RGB Filters .
Image processing H: 4x600s. RGB: 5x300s. Stacked  with AIP4WIN. Process with  PixInsight




Previous  processing:                                                SII = Red, H-alfa = Orange, OIII = Teal blue



Date and location 19 and 26-jan-2008. Caraquiz, Madrid
Telescope LX200R 8" F=2000 on Titan mount. Autoguide with QHY6, Miniborg50 and Guidemaster.
Camera Artemis11002.  Baader 7nm H-alfa , OIII, SII Filters  .
Image processing H: 17x900s, O: 18x300s bin 2x2, S: 25x300s bin 2x2. Stacked  with AIP4WIN. Process with  PixInsight and Adobe Photoshop. 




Date and location 19-jan-2008. Caraquiz, Madrid
Telescope LX200R 8" F=2000 on Titan mount. Autoguide with QHY6, Miniborg50 and Guidemaster.
Camera Artemis11002.  Baader 7nm H-alfa Filter  .
Image processing H: 17x900s. stacked  with AIP4WIN. Process with  PixInsight





Date and location 27-jan-2007. Caraquiz, Madrid
Telescope LX200R 8" (DF 2000) on Titan mount.  0,7 focal reducer. Autoguide with Toucam SC3, Megrez II 80ED and Guidemaster.
Camera Artemis285.  Astronomics13nm H-alfa Filter  .
Image processing H: 10x900s. stacked  with AIP4WIN. Process with  PixInsight






Date and location
21-jan-2006. Caraquiz, Madrid
Telescope Megrez II 80ED, f=560mm. Focal reducer 0,61. Autoguide with Toucam SC3 and  LX200GPS
Camera Artemis285. IDAS LPS Hutec filter with IR cut.
Image processing
L: 10x300s. stacked with AIP4WIN. Histogram and noise reduction with  PixInsight. Final process with Adobe Photoshop.




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