NGC 2244 -- Rosette Nebula
with star spikes added in post-processing
The Rosette is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 is closely associated with the nebulosity.
file: NGC2244Ros180sX21P1AP130f6d7LeNh2600Duo1162023a3-ss1.jpg

Photographic Data
telescope:
Astro-Physics 130 mm f/6.7 Starfire EDF triplet refractor (FL=880 mm)

mount:
ZWO AM5 harmonic mount

guiding hardware:
SVBony 60 mm f/4 guidescope (fl=240 mm)
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI1662MC

imaging camera:
ZWO ASI2600MC Duo at 14-degrees F through an Optolong L-eNhanced nebular filter

exposures:
180 seconds X 21 (63-minutes or 1.1 hour)

processing:
Stacked in Asiair Plus and cropped and post-processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements with StsarSpikes 4 plug-n

photographic site:
West Los Angeles
http://mstecker.com/pages/chhouses_fp.htm
(Bortle 9 light polluted sky)

NGC 2244 -- Rosette Nebula
original image
The Rosette is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 is closely associated with the nebulosity.
file: NGC2244Ros180sX21P1AP130f6d7LeNh2600Duo1162023a3.jpg

Photographic Data
telescope:
Astro-Physics 130 mm f/6.7 Starfire EDF triplet refractor (FL=880 mm)

mount:
ZWO AM5 harmonic mount

guiding hardware:
SVBony 60 mm f/4 guidescope (fl=240 mm)
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI1662MC

imaging camera:
ZWO ASI2600MC Duo at 14-degrees F through an Optolong L-eNhanced nebular filter

exposures:
180 seconds X 21 (63-minutes or 1.1 hour)

processing:
Stacked in Asiair Plus and cropped and post-processed in Adobe Photoshop Elements

photographic site:
West Los Angeles
http://mstecker.com/pages/chhouses_fp.htm
(Bortle 9 light polluted sky)