NGC2237 Rosette
This was my first attempt at 60 minute exposure time, the HA filter in combination with the Tak FS-60c mounted on the top of my LX200 GPS makes it seem easy. I will attempt to finish this image with color when the weather permits.
The Rosette nebula in Monoceros is a huge area of gas and dust surrounding the bright star cluster known as NCG 2244. The nebula measures some 80' in diameter and is a difficult object to view with small telescopes
The famous "Rosette Nebula" in Monoceros. Visible only as a faint, ghostly gray circle through even the largest telescopes, it reveals its brilliant colors with exposures of a few minutes or longer. It is located about halfway along a line from Procyon to the belt of Orion. Note the glittering open star cluster NGC2244 in the center of the nebula. The nebulosity consists of an enormous cloud of hydrogen gas that is being excited by the young hot blue-white stars in the interior cluster.
udated 05-18-05
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