Rosette in Bloom
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Caldwell 49 is the designation for the nebula commonly known as the Rosette Nebula. This is a massive nebula that hide a star-forming region only visible with X-rays. This is my highest fidelity image of the nebula to date. It contains over 10 hours of exposure data from sessions spanning over a year. It has the sharpest details of any nebula I photographed, great color balance and is absolutely stunning on a metal print. I chose an orientation that most closely resembles how it was framed in the sky. If you tilt your head so your chin is pointed at 7:30 and the top of your head to 1:30, you can see why this nebula is sometimes referred to as the Skull Nebula.
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Image details
| Telescope: | William Optics Redcat 71 | |
| Length: | 350mm | |
| Aperture: | 71mm | |
| F-stop: | f/4.66 | |
| Sessions: | 2 | |
| Captured: | 2022-11-15 to 2023-12-12 | |
| Lights: | 120 | |
| Exposure: | 300 | |
| Total exposure: | 10 h | |
| Ra: | 6h 31m 58.8s | |
| Dec: | +04° 57' 48.447 | |
| Size: | 148.20 x 101.40 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 001.494 deg | |
| Scale: | 001.37 arcsec/pixel |
The Rosette in Bloom
2023-12-13
The Rosette Nebula
2022-02-12