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This photo consists of 35 exposures taken on Feb. 13, 15 and 16 from a vacant lot in Tucson, AZ. The total exposure time is 260 minutes. The Rosette nebula is located in Monoceros just west of Orion. The open cluster NGC2244 is embedded in the centre of the nebula. The image is about 100x68 arc minutes.Imaging Setup:
Stellarvue 115T20 Apo Triplet
Stellarvue Field Flattener
HEQ-5 Mount
Baader UHC-S Filter
Orion Star Shoot Pro One-Shot Colour Camera
KW Telescope Guide Scope (QHY-5 Camera)
PHD Guiding
Nebulosity 2 – Image Capture
Deep Sky Stacker 3.3.2
Adobe Photoshop CS2 – Image Processing
Superb image, Bill. I've seen, but not seen the Rosette in my 102mm f/5 refractor. The parallelogram of stars is a dead giveaway, but without a filter, the nebulosity was lost to my visual experience. Next time I should add my Orion Ultrablock; perhaps that will show me the gaseous clouds.
ReplyDelete~Phill W.