Wallpaper author:
Bernard Miller
08 Nov 2022
The Rosette Nebula
This is an image of NGC2244, also known as the Rosette Nebula, imaged and processed in narrowband using the Hubble palette. This nebula is large emission nebula about 5,200 light years away in the constellation Monoceros.
Dataset from which the image was processed
Caldwell 49
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 97.9167 Dec 4.95
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Australia
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................22 Sept 2020 - 17 Nov 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 56 | 16m | 17 |
| Red | 49 | 14m | 17 |
| Green | 45 | 12m | 16 |
| Blue | 53 | 14m | 16 |
| Halpha | 1013 | 4h30m | 16 |