NGC 2244 – Rosette Nebula

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NGC 2244 - Rosette Nebula

The Rosette Nebula never gets old.  Taken with the 8″ Newtonian ONTC.  NGC 2244 core starfield in the center actively doing it’s thing.

Location

Location:  Pendleton, Oregon
Observatory:  ASG Dual Dome Observatory
Bortle:  4

Equipment

Telescope: TS-Optics 8″ ONTC Newtonian Carbon with 1.0x corrector.
Filters:  Astronomik MaxFR 50mm Round SHO & Badder LRGB
Main Camera:  ZWO ASI 6200mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster:  ASG Electronically Assisted Tilt (EAT)
Mount:  Eq6R
Guide Scope:  William Optics 200mm
Guide Camera:  ZWO ASI 224mc
Processing Software:   Captured with NINA, Stacked with Astro Pixel Processor,  Processed in PixInsight

Acquisition

Date:  January 10-15th

R: 51 x 60 seconds
G:
 41 x 60 seconds
B:
  31 x 60 seconds
Ha:
  58 x 300 seconds
Oiii:  32 x 300 seconds
Sii:  59 x 300 seconds

Total Integration time ~15 hrs

Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 20 for each filter