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Harshwardhan Pathak
Heaven Mirror's Observatory, Australia
12/21/2023
11:20 pm

Equipment Details:

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106EDX
Camera: QHY 600M Pro
Mount: Paramount MX+
Filters: Astrodon 2Gen Ha- LRGB

Post-processing Details:

Processed in Pixinsight and Adobe Photoshop

Image Details:

The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is an H II region located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy. The open cluster NGC 2244 (Caldwell 50) is closely associated with the nebulosity, the stars of the cluster having been formed from the nebula's matter

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