Wallpaper author:
Eric Ganz
24 Jul 2021
Rosette Nebula
The beautiful Rosette Nebula.
Emission nebula lit by bright ultraviolet light from stars at the center. NGC 2237.
Scrutinize to see the fine detail present.
Captured 12/2020
Telescope
ASA 500N, F-3.8
CAMERA FLI PL16803
50 cm Newtonian telescope
Chile
Telescope Live
2 hours total exposure, SHO false color.
Pixinsight and photoshop, Topaz sharpen ai.
Nebula is 100 ly wide, and located at a distance of 5000 ly.
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............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................27 Sept 2020 - 30 Oct 2020
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 800 | 40m | 3 |
| Luminance | 200 | 10m | 3 |
| Red | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Green | 300 | 10m | 2 |
| Blue | 300 | 10m | 2 |