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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
12:46 am
RedCat 51 apo refractor
ASI183MC CMOS camera with UV/IR cut filter
SkyWatcher EQ6R mount
30mm SVbony guide scope
70 3-minute subs plus 30 flats and 20 darks were stacked with DeepSkyStacker
Color calibration with SiriL
Stretches and all other post-processing with Photoshop and Neal Carboni's Astrotools
The Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Monoceros. An open star cluster (NGC 2244) consisting of stars that formed about 5 million years ago lies at the centre of the nebula. Imaged from a Bortle 7 zone
