Rosette Nebula - NGC 2237
The Rosette Nebula is a faint emission nebula in the constellation Monoceros. It lies at a distance of approximately 5200 light years and is about 130 light years in diameter. This cloud of gas glows in the red light characteristic of ionized hydrogen as it recombines with lost electrons. The open star cluster NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) is located at the center of the nebula. Close-up of Rosette Nebula shows this object in greater detail.
Technical Details
- Object: Rosette Nebula
- Object Type: Emission Nebula
- Other Names: NGC 2237, Caldwell 49
- Date/Time: 2011 Jan 28 at 04:51 UTC
- Location: Bifrost Astronomical Observatory, Portal, AZ
- Telescope: Nikkor 180mm F/2.8 Lens
- Mount: Astro-Physics 1200GTO
- Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i) (modified with a Baader UV/IR filter)
- Exposure: 8 x 300s, f/2.8, ISO 800
- File Name: NGC2237-01w.jpg
- Processing: Stack of 8 Images, Crop, Levels, Unsharp Mask (Photoshop CS5)
- Original Image Size: 3454 × 5179 pixels (17.9 MP); 11.5" x 17.3" @ 300 dpi
- Rights: Copyright 2011 by Fred Espenak. All Rights Reserved. See: Image Licensing.