Rosette Nebula

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Rosette Nebula

🎯 Target: NCG 2237

📅 Date: 06 Aprile 2026

🏷️ Category: Nebulae

📍 Location: Milano

⚙️ Acquisition Setup

  • 🔭 Optics: William Optics RedCat 61
  • 📸 Sensor: ASI 585MC AIR
  • ⏱️ Exposure: 10,0 min
  • Gain: 250

Processing Notes

NGC 2237, famously known as the Rosette Nebula, is a breathtaking emission nebula in Monoceros, offering a stunning canvas for astrophotographers. Its intricate rose-like structure, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from the central open cluster NGC 2244, showcases vibrant hydrogen gas glowing red. This celestial flower provides endless opportunities to capture delicate tendrils of dust and gas, making it a prime target for wide-field and narrowband imaging.

• Type: Emission Nebula
• Constellation: Monoceros
• Distance: 5,200 light-years
• Magnitude: +6.0