Nebula · Monoceros
Rosette Nebula
NGC 2237
A circular emission nebula around an open star cluster, with layered dust and gas around the central cavity.
- Type
- Nebula
- Catalog
- NGC 2237
- Region
- Monoceros
- Captured
- January 10, 2025
- Image size
- 2800 x 2100
- RA
- 97.8619°
- Dec
- 4.7415°
- FOV
- 2.0106 x 1.5076°
- Rotation
- 268.7°
- Optics
- William Optics RedCat 61
- Camera
- ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount
- ZWO AM5
- Filters
- l-eNhance
- Sub-exposures
- 79 x 180s / 485 x 300s
- Integration
- 44h 22m
- Sky
- Florida Bortle 6
- Software
- PixInsight
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A circular emission nebula around an open star cluster, with layered dust and gas around the central cavity.
Context source: Gallery acquisition record; fields not recorded are omitted.Capture recipe
How this frame was made
William Optics RedCat 61 · ZWO ASI2600MC Pro · ZWO AM5 · Filters: l-eNhance · 79 x 180s / 485 x 300s subs · 44h 22m integration
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Rosette Nebula
Apparent scale
The recorded frame is about 4.0 full-Moon widths across its long edge.
Calculation note: recorded FOV ÷ 0.5° apparent full-Moon diameter. This describes the captured field, not the physical size or distance of the object.